Volume 17 (2011) No. 1
Beth L. Glixon
Giulia Masotti, Venice, and the Rise of the Prima Donna
Table 1: Masotti Letters Written from Venice during the Carnival Season[a]
Archivio Chigi 33 |
Masotti Correspondence (MC) |
Date |
Season |
1668/1669, carnival ends March 5, 1669 |
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579r–580v |
8 |
January 1, 1668 [1669] |
|
581r–582r |
9 |
January 12, 1668 [1669] |
|
555r–556r |
10 |
January 19, 1668 [1669] |
|
558r–v |
11 |
February 2, 1668 [1669] |
|
559r–560r |
12 |
February 9, 1668 [1669] |
|
1670/1671, carnival ends February 10, 1671 |
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583r |
18 |
December 6, 1670 |
|
584r |
19 |
December 13, 1670 |
|
618r–619v |
20 |
[January 3, 1671] |
|
587r |
21 |
January 17, 1671 |
|
588r |
22 |
January 24, 1671 |
|
591r |
23 |
February 7, 1671 |
|
1671/1672, carnival ends March 1, 1672 |
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606r–v |
33 |
November 29, 1671 |
|
607r |
34 |
December 19, 1671 |
|
585r–586r |
35 |
January 9, 1671 [1672] |
|
589r–590v |
36 |
February 6, 1671 [1672] |
|
1672/1673, carnival ends February 14, 1673 |
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614r |
40 [Polesella] |
November 11, 1672 |
|
615r |
41 |
December 17, 1672 |
|
608r |
42 |
February 4, 1672 [1673] |
|
609r |
43 |
February 18, 1672 [1673] |
[a] A number of other letters were written from Venice or from the villa of the Grimani (Polesella) outside of the carnival season.