Tamsin Lewis · @passamezzo
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#Allegorical figures of #plenty: #Flora,# Ceres, #Ops (abundance) and #Pales (goddess of shepherds, here described as rustica cum caseo - with cheese!) All playing #cornetti
To the right, the #elemental figures of Ignis (fire) and Aer (air) - the other two #elements are on the following page.
From the #16thCentury #pageantbook showing the 8 #pageants held for the Christening of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse in 1596.
Bavarian State Library: Cod.icon. 340.
#earlymusic @earlymusic #earlymodern @earlymodern #cheese #histodon #histodons @histodons @histodon #cornet #cornetto #cornett #allegory #mythology #latin
#allegorical #plenty #flora #ops #pales #cornetti #elemental #elements #16thcentury #pageantbook #pageants #earlymusic #earlymodern #cheese #histodon #histodons #Cornet #cornetto #cornett #allegory #mythology #latin