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The Maecenas and the Madrigalist: Patrons, Patronage, and the Origins of the Italian Madrigal
Cummings, Anthony M. 2004. The Maecenas and the Madrigalist: Patrons, Patronage, and the Origins of the Italian Madrigal. Vol. v. 253. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, v. 253, 274. Publisher's Version Abstract
The Orti Oricellari -- The sacred academy of the Medici -- The companies of the Paiuolo, Cazzuola, Broncone, and Diamante -- Medici Mecanatismo and the early madrigal -- Conclusion: the Florentine cultural elite -- Biobibliographical information on members of the Florentine academies and companies.
The Lost Italian Renaissance: Humanists, Historians, and Latin's Legacy
Celenza, Christopher S. 2004. The Lost Italian Renaissance: Humanists, Historians, and Latin's Legacy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 210. Publisher's Version Abstract
An undiscovered star: Renaissance Latin and the nineteenth century -- Italian Renaissance humanism in the twentieth century: Eugenio Garin and Paul Oskar Kristeller -- A microhistory of intellectuals -- Orthodoxy: Lorenzo Valla and Marsilio Ficino -- Honor: the humanists of the classic era on social place -- What is really there? -- Appendix: The state of the field in North America.

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