Heraldry in the Trecento Madrigal

This study investigates a repertoire of eighteen madrigals whose texts refer to heraldry, all of which were composed in trecento Italy. The hereditary and personal arms cited in the song texts are those of the Visconti, Della Scala and Carrara families of northern Italy. Though these madrigals have...

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Main Author: Carleton, Sarah
Other Authors: Haines, John Dickinson
Language:en_ca
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/19260