Archivio Mediceo del Principato, Firenze, Filza 4188
Plans for
The Masque of Queens
, in a dispatch
sent home by the Tuscan agent Ottaviano Lotti
, dated 1 January
1609 [i.e. 22 Dec. 1608]
. Extract on p. 3 of four pages.
La Maesta’ della Regina prova un bellissimo, et richissimo balletto, et sara’ ballato
la sera del sei di Gennaio
Translation
Her Majesty the
Queen
is producing a very beautiful and sumptuous masque; it will be danced on the evening
of the sixth of January.
Bibliography
Orrell (1977-78), 164