Archivio Mediceo del Principato,
Firenze,
Filza 4197
Preparations for the masque, mentioned in a dispatch sent
home by the Tuscan agent
Amerigo Salvetti
, and dated 21 Feb. 1630 [i.e. 11 Feb. 1631]
. It occupies six pages in two folded sheets (extract on p. 6).
La Regina prepara il suo balletto per il giorno di
carnevale, che e’ quanto si puo’ dire di questa Corte.
Translation
The
Queen
is preparing her masque for Shrovetide. And that is all that can be said about
this court.
Bibliography
Orrell (1979a),
15