- 1579-1649
- Role: Author, Writer
- Festivals: Funeral of Francesco de'Medici, brother of Cosimo II de' Medici, Florence 1614
- Festival Books: Esequie dell'ill[ustrissi]mp [et] ecc[ellentissi]mo principe don Francesco Medici
- Academic who wrote on scientific and social improvement; Milton heard him read a moral sonnet in Florence, 1637 (see James D. Simmonds, Milton Studies, p.237.)
- 'seventeenth century writer like Alessandro Adimari' 'love-sonnet on a lady recently buried' (see Robert F. Gleckner, Gerald E. Enscoe, Romanticism, p.83.)
Festival personnel
- 1486-1535
- Role: Author
- Festivals: Coronation of Charles V Holy Roman Emperor at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) 1519
- Festival Books: Caroli Quinti cum Hispaniarum tum duplicis Germaniae et Romanoru[m] Archiregis, utriusq[ue] [et] in Longobardorum regem, [et] in Romanorum Impertorem coronationis historia: per Henricu[m] Cornelium Agrippam, eiusde[m] sacratissimae Maiestatis ab Archiuis [et] consiliis inditiarium. (published Antwerp, 1530)
- Imperial archivist and historiographer at the court of Margaret of Austria (1480-1530)
- Lecture Declamations in Latin at University of Dôle, 1509
- Publications: Declamations on the Nobility and Preminence of the Female Sex dedicated to Margaret Arch-Duchess of Austria and Regent of the Netherlands.
- De Occulta Philosophia Libri Tres 1531
- Role: Author
- Festivals: Visit to Venice of Ernst August, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneberg, Venice 1685
- Festival Books: Giuochi festiui, e militari, danze, serenate, machine, boscareccia artificiosa, regatta solenne, et altri sontuosi apprestamenti di allegrezza esposti alla sodisfattione uniuersale dalla generosità dell'A. S. d'Ernesto Augusto duca di Brunsuich (published Venice, 1686)
- aka Leo Allatius
- 1586-19th January 1669
- Role: Author
- Festivals: Journey of Lucrezia Barberini from Rome to Modena to marry Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, 1654
- Festival Books: Del viaggio della signora D. Lucretia Barberina duchessa di Modena da Roma a Modena, lettera di Leone Allacci. All'ill[ustrissimo] sig[nore] ... Marcantonio Spinola. (published Genoa, 1654)
- Greek Catholic scholar and theologian, patronised by Pope Gregory XV.
- Teacher of Greek at Collegio Greco in Rome.
- 1661 Custodian to Vatican Library.
- Publications: De Graecorum hodie quorundam opinationibicis 1645 methodical discussion on vampires.
- Drammaturgia 1666 catalogue of Italian musical drama, early history of opera.
- d. 1628
- Role: Printer
- Festivals: Visit of the Prince of Wales to Madrid to be betrothed to the Spanish Infanta, Madrid, 1623
- Entry into London of James, King of England and Scotland, Anna, Princess of Denmark and Prince Henry Frederick, London 1603
- Entry of Christian IV, King of Denmark into London, 1606
- Festival Books: The Ioyfull Returne of the Most Illustrious Prince, Charles, Prince of great Brittaine, from the Court of Spaine. (published London, 1623)
- The whole magnificent enterteinment: given to King James, Queene Anne his wife, and Henry Frederick the Prince; vpon the day of his Majesties tryumphant passage (from the tower) through his honorable citie (and chamber) of London, the 25, of March, 1603. (published London, 1605)
- The King of Denmarkes welcome: Containing his ariuall, abode, and entertainement, both in the Citie and other places.
- Comes from a family of professional printers.
- 1584 becomes a freeman in the Stationers Company 'by patrimony'.
- Printer of key texts of orginal Shakespeare bibliography, including; part of first quatro of bad quatro of Romeo and Juliet 1597, third quatro of Titus Andronicus 1611.
- Printed works by: Robert Chester, Matthew Lownes, Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, George Peele, Samuel Daniel, Thomas Dekker, Edward Sharpham, Thomas Middleton, John Mason, Philip Massinger.
- After his death, his widow Elizabeth continued the business 1628-1633. Both sign as E. A. or E. Alde, so it is possible to confuse their work.
- Role: Author
- Festivals: Visit of the Prince of Wales to Madrid to be betrothed to the Spanish Infanta, Madrid 1623
- Festival Books: The Ioyfull Returne of the Most Illustrious Prince, Charles, Prince of great Brittaine, from the Court of Spaine. (published London, 1623)
- Spanish journalist, famous for writing letters on events.
- 1510-1561
- Role: Humanist
- Festivals: Entry of Henri II and Catherine de'Medici into Lyons, September 1548
- Festival Books: La magnificence de la superbe et triumphante entree de la noble [et] antique cité de Lyon faicte au treschrestien roy de France Henry deuxiesme de ce nom, et à la royne Catherine son espouse (published Lyons, 1549)
- French poet and humanist.
- 1542 principal of Collège de la Trinité in Lyons 1542.
- Known for his work on emblems.
- Killed in 1561 during riots near Collège, suspected of Protestantism.
- Publications: Alector, ou le Coq Lyons, 1560, novel.
- Role: Printer
- Festivals: Celebration of the Victory at Lepanto in Venice at Carnival Time, Venice 1572
- Entry of Henri III into Venice, Treviso, Ferrara and Mantua, Mantua, Ferrara, Venice 1574
- Festival Books: Ordine, et dechiaratione di tutta la mascherata, fatta nella citta di Venetia la domenica di Carneuales. M. D. LXXI. Per la gloriosa vittoria contra Turchi. (published Venice, 1572)
- Le attioni d'Arrigo terzo re di Francia, et quarto di Polonia, descritte in dialogo (published Venice, 1574)
- Publisher and Printer active in Vincenza and Venice 1562-1604.
- Particularly specialised in printing and publishing musical scores.
- Published works by composers including: Jacques Arcadelt, Ciprianode Rore, Orlando di Lasso, Pier Luigi da Palestrina and Aurelio Rocky.
- Role: Author
- Festivals: Election and coronation in Frankfurt-am-Main of Matthias I (Matthias II, King of Hungary) as Holy Roman Emperor and of his wife Anne, Archduchess of Austria, Frankfurt-am-Main 1612
- Festival Books: Electio et coronatio sereniss. potentiss. et invictiss. principis ... Matthiae I. electi rom. imperat. semper augusti etc. eiusq. sereniss. coniugis Annae Austriacae etc. (published Frankfurt-am-Main, 1612.)
- aka Jean Dorat, Daurat
- 1508-1588
- Role: Author
- Festivals: Ballet performed at the court of Catherine de'Medici on the occasion of Henri III's accession to the French throne, Paris 1573
- Festival Books: Magnificentissimi spectaculi, a regina regum matre in hortis suburbanis editi, in Henrici regis Poloniae inuictissimi nuper renunciati gratulationem, Descriptio. (published Paris, 1753)
- French humanist and Hellenist, and court poet.
- One of the poets of the Pléiade and their mentor.
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