MME4781255: Pesaro, August 18, 1984. Rossini Opera Festival. Staging of “” Il viaggio a Reims”” (The July to Reims) by Gioacchino Rossini. This is the first performance of that opera, staged by Luca Ronconi and conducted by Claudio Abbado, after the reconstruction of its manuscript, assumed lost, in the 1970s/Pesaro, 18 August 1984. Rossini Opera Festival. Messa in the scene of “” Il viaggio a Reims”” by Gioacchino Rossini. E 'la prima rappresentazione dell'opera, con la regia di Luca Ronconi e la direzione d'orchestra di Claudio Abbado, dopo il ritrovamento e la ricomposizione negli anni '70 del suo manoscritto che si credeva perduto -, Mencarini, Marcello / Bridgeman Images
FLO4703373: Egyptian woman with sacred sistrum rattle and simpulum ladle, and priestess with statue of Harpocrates, the god of silence. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's “” Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages”” (1796). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676799: Alberto I Canfrancesco della Scala (1291-1329), war name Cangrande della Scala, lord of Verona and mecene of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Cangrande della Scala, lord of Verona, 14th center- He wears a blue cap, pink cape with hanging sleeves lined with fur, belted scarlet robe, gauntlets and holds a blue two-handed sword in scabbard - From his sarcophagus in the church of Santa Maria Antica, Verona - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1860, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676850: Suit d'un homme jeif, 14eme century - Jewish man, 14th century - He wears a white hood, yellow cape with gold embroidery, green robe, red belt and shoes - From a painting by Sano di Pietro in the Academy of Fine Arts, Siena - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1860, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676980: Costume d'une femme de la nobility Siennoise (Italy), 14th century - Noble woman of Siena, in luxurious crown of gold, silver necklace and fringed violet dress, from a painting by Domenico Bartoli, 14th century - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4673715: English royal valet in hunting wear, 14th century. He wears a purple leotard, green hose and cracows or foals. From his shoulder hangs a horn to call the dogs, and on his belt is a dagger to skin game. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from “” French Costumes from KingClovis to Our Days,”” Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4673756: French bourgeois, 14th century. He wears a red bonnet, yellow mantelet with hood turned down, and robe in scarlet wool, yellow shoes. He wears a yellow purse on his belt. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from “” French Costumes from KingClovis to Our Days,”” Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4673840: Executioner, 9th century. He wears a sleeveless tunic with belt, laced sandals up to the calf, and holds an axe. From a manuscript in the king's library. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from “” French Costumes from KingClovis to Our Days,”” Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4673873: French soldier, 9th century. He wears a Phrygian cap, chlamys, short chainmail armour over a tunic, stockings and shoes laced to the calf. He carries a lance and buckler (shield). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from “” French Costumes from KingClovis to Our Days,”” Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4673967: Bertha, daughter of King Lothair II and his concubine Waldrada, 863-925. She wears a veil tied at the throat, and two tunics, the top one with gold cuffs. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from “” French Costumes from KingClovis to Our Days,”” Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4674272: Military costume, 12th century. Knight in red cape, white tunic, over chainmail suit of armour and plate greaves, spurs and gauntlets. His arms include sword and dagger. His “” nasal”” helmet features a chainmail gorgerin and a strip of leather and armour to protect the nose. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from “” French Costumes from KingClovis to Our Days,”” Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4674295: Raymond V, Count of Toulouse, (Raymond V de Toulouse) 1134-1194. He wears a skullcap, short sayon (jacket), doublet, and stockings and gauntlets. He wears a dagger or misericorde from his belt. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from “” French Costumes from KingClovis to Our Days,”” Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4674332: Agnes de la Queue, first wife of Erost de Treinel, 13th century. She wears a long tunic, cotte bold, furlined cape, yellow pointed shoes. Her veil is tied under the chin, passed through her bonnet, and draped to the shoulders. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from “” French Costumes from KingClovis to Our Days,”” Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4677718: Breakfast. Gentlemen in coat tails and breeches and ladies in veils and dresses share a breakfast of coffee and bread. Great familiarity reigns in the morning, one has no time to become ceremonial, breakfast is the honest meal.” Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesanger's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4677735: A woman is pampered by her seamstress, her clothes seller, her hairdresser and two chambermaids. As Montesquieu said, “” For one man to live deliciously, one hundred others must work tirelessly.”” Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesanger's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4677876: Evening party at Coblenz (between rue Taitbout and rue Neuve-Lepelletier, Paris). A group of women and children (including a black woman) sit listening to music from a hurdygurdy man and woman with tambourine. “” In 1791-1792, the previously unfashionable Boulevard des Italians became the favorite promenade for the royalist partisans. To be seen there was a public profession of aristocracy, an enlistment in the army of the princes, an espousal of the interests and opinions of the French refugees in Koblentz. After 1795, it became the fashionable place for incredible, wonderful, and muscadins. At night from 6 til midnight, up to 4,000 people jostled, elbowed and bumped along this street.”” Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesanger's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4677921: Three graces of the Ballet of**. Elegant ballet dancers in costume (one in turban and shawl, one with tambourine and dress decorated with flowers, and one with a basket and long plaits tied with ribbons). “” Each movement betrays a form: arms, shoulders, throat, legs, feet all are naked or appear so.”” Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesanger's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817. / Bridgeman Images