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Appendix 1 - Translation of Description of Jewish Performance in Pesaro in 1475

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2023

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In this came

also to present the Universita

of the Jews of Pesaro who came

as the decorated livery

beautiful and ornate to

represent the Queen of Sheba

when she came to visit and present

Salomon with this visible[?] order

sent as a first quantigio?

various children [or cherubs] two by two

with new clothing of people

and spoke in the Arabic style

with date palms in the hands.

Then came a large elephant,

bigger than a large ox with a muzzle and

with teeth so well hidden that

they almost seemed real

and one couldn’t see [??]

legs of the men who were in

the elephant

that it is impossible to

write of this in detail for those

who did not see the amazing

artifice that was created.

And at the top of this elephant

was a golden chair in which was seated a Jewish woman with

a crown as a Queen dressed in gold and behind her

two more elephants

who looked similar.

On them was a tower with flags on it and

the Queen’s ladies in waiting.

In questo ven

ne anche a presentare la Universi

ta delli giudei di pesaro Li quale ve(n)

nero cum la infrascripta liurea

bella & ornatissima representan

do la regina Sabba quanto ven

ne a visitare & (a) presentare a Sala

mone cum questo ordine videlic …

Eniva un prima quantigio

vari & putti a dui a dui cum

cum novi habiti di persone & dit

(ques) l’ta alla arabescha, cum palma ve(n)

di datteri in mano. Poi veniva

uno Elephante maggiore assai

che uno grande boue col muso &

colli denti si ben contrafatto che

quasi pareve vero ne si vedea ch(e) il

portasse ançi dasi medesimo siue

dea caminare si bene erano comp

ate le gambe delli homini che

erano dentro cum quello dello e

lephante che impossibile faria a

scrivere chi non la vesse veduto

el mirabile arteficio detto. E(t) rop(sopra)

questo elephant era una sedìa

doro. Et in questa sedia sedea u

na donna ebrea coronata in forma

di Regina vestita doro & drieto

allei venieno dui altri elephanti

simili: sopra li quali era uno ca

stello cum torre & bandiere pie

no di damiselle di quella Regina.

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Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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