Today's video was one of the last things that we did before lockdown in March 2020... It was filmed in the Great Watching Chamber at Hampton Court Palace, while preparing a section on Elizabethan music for Historic Royal Palace's Futurelearn course on Tudor entertainment.
Augustine Bassano: Pavan
From Egerton MS 3665
Robin Jeffrey: lute
Tamsin Lewis: renaissance violin
To the right, the #elemental figures of Ignis (fire) and Aer (air) - the other two #elements are on the following page.
From the #16thCentury#pageantbook showing the 8 #pageants held for the Christening of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse in 1596.
Bavarian State Library: Cod.icon. 340.
Costume design for the allegorical figure of music, one of many figures from the 1585 Winter tournaments for the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II.
(Pen, blue wash on white paper, Galleria degli Uffizi)
By Giuseppe Arcimboldo who died #onthisday in 1593.