. Old picture books; with other essays on bookish subjects. f illustrationwere also used in the novelle, including the Storia didue amanti of Pope Pius ii., from which we take our lastillustration, and other secular chapbooks, which havenothing either religious or dramatic about them. It isclear, however, that the religious use was the earlier of thetwo, and that while the writers of the Laude anticipatedthe practice of later revivalists in turning profane songs FLORENTINE RAPPRESENTAZIONI 35 and tunes into hymns of devotion, it was the secularliterature which was the borrower in the matter of
. Old picture books; with other essays on bookish subjects. f illustrationwere also used in the novelle, including the Storia didue amanti of Pope Pius ii., from which we take our lastillustration, and other secular chapbooks, which havenothing either religious or dramatic about them. It isclear, however, that the religious use was the earlier of thetwo, and that while the writers of the Laude anticipatedthe practice of later revivalists in turning profane songs FLORENTINE RAPPRESENTAZIONI 35 and tunes into hymns of devotion, it was the secularliterature which was the borrower in the matter ofilkistrations. As to the authors of these charming woodcuts weknow absolutely nothing. Dr. Paul Kristeller has latelyattempted to trace out three or four distinctive schools ofstyle in them, but no name of any artist can be connectedwith them ; and we can only conjecture that there wereone or two special workshops in Florence where they weredesigned and executed, and that printers and publishersapplied to these workshops when they were in need ofcuts. ¥^.
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