Appropriating the Instruments of Worship: The 1512 Medici Restoration and the Florentine Cathedral Choirbooks

This study examines the impact of the 1512 Medici restoration on the antiphonaries and graduals of the Florentine cathedral. Seven choirbooks are recognizably Medicean in their artistic and, in one significant case, in their liturgical and musical content. Whether through depictions of the family�...

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Published inRenaissance quarterly Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 333 - 376
Main Author Tacconi, Marica S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Renaissance Society of America 22.06.2003
The Renaissance Society of America
Cambridge University Press
Subjects
16th century AD
Archbishops
Book and manuscript illumination
Cathedrals
Celebrations
Churches
Civics
Criticism and interpretation
de Medici, Giuliano (1479-1516)
Feasts
Iconography
Illumination of books and manuscripts
Manuscripts, Renaissance
Popes
Propaganda
Religious music
Renaissance art
Renaissance manuscripts
Renaissance music
Renaissance period
Royalty
Italy
Florence Italy
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Summary:This study examines the impact of the 1512 Medici restoration on the antiphonaries and graduals of the Florentine cathedral. Seven choirbooks are recognizably Medicean in their artistic and, in one significant case, in their liturgical and musical content. Whether through depictions of the family's most distinguished members -- notably Lorenzo il Magnifico and Pope Leo X -- or the detailed representations of contemporary events in which the Medici were the protagonists, or whether through the creation of a new Office for Florentine bishop-saint Zenobius, these lavish manuscripts reflect the themes of control and propaganda central to the years of the Medici restoration.
ISSN:0034-4338
1935-0236
DOI:10.2307/1261850