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An Antiphonary Printed in 1612 at the Certosa of Pavia, Italy, by a “Visitor” From Chercq, Belgium

Antiphonarii Ordinis Cartusiensis ad exemplar Maioris Cart. Castigati Pars Hyemalis et Pars Aestiva. This monumental, 2-volume Antiphonary, a recent acquisition by Marquand Library, was published between 1611-1612 in the Certosa of Pavia, near Milan, for the use of the Carthusian … Continue reading

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Francesca Caccini (1587-ca. 1640) and Tales of Powerful Women

Ferdinando Saracinelli, La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola d’Alcina. Balletto rapp.ta in musica al Ser.mo Ladislao Sigismondo principe di Polonia e di Suezia nella villa imp.le  della serenss.ma arcid.ssa d’Austria gran duch.sa di Toscana… Florence: Pietro Cecconcelli (1625)https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99113265403506421 In Marquand’s rare … Continue reading

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