Jeffrey Kurtzman
and Linda Maria Koldau
Trombe, Trombe d'argento, Trombe squarciate, Tromboni, and Pifferi in Venetian Processions and Ceremonies of
the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Table 1
Orders of Procession In Trionfo1
| Ceremoniale del doge2 | Pagan, 1556-59 [figs. 13-20] | Franco, 1610 [fig. 23] |
| Captains of the Council of Ten | ||
| Eight commanders with standards | Eight standards [fig. 13] | Eight standards |
| Commanders [fig. 13] | Commanders | |
| Six silver trumpets | Six silver trumpets [fig. 14] | Six silver trumpets |
| Remaining commanders | Retainers of Ambassadors [fig. 15] | Retainers of Ambassadors |
| Pifferi | Trombe pifeari [fig. 15] | Piffari |
| Squires: Cavalier in the middle; Grand Captain at the right; Scalco maggior at the left | Cavaliers of the Doge [fig. 16] | Squires of the Doge |
| Squires of the Doge [fig. 16] | Cavaliers | |
| Doge's clerk | Secretaries [of the Senate] | |
| Six Canons of St. Mark's in copes | Canons [of St. Mark's] [fig. 16] | Deacon [of St. Mark's] |
| Patriarch [of Venice] [fig. 17] | Chapel [of St. Mark's] | |
| Two Stewards of the doge | ||
| Four Secretaries of the Senate | ||
| Chaplain with candelabra | Candle [fig. 17] | |
| Doge's crown [fig. 17] | ||
| Two lower Chancellors | Secretaries of Doge and Senate [figs.17,18] | |
| Grand Chancellor | Chaplain [fig. 18] | |
| Two Squires with the throne and cushion | Throne, cushion [fig. 18] | Throne and cushion |
| Grand Captain | ||
| Grand Chancellor [fig. 18] | Grand Chancellor | |
| Ballottino [election boy] [fig. 18] | Balotino [election boy] | |
| Doge with four Train-bearers | Doge [fig. 19] | Doge, flanked by Imperial Ambassador and Papal Legate |
| Two Stewards of the Doge | ||
| Sartor da vesti and a Squire | ||
| Ambassadors | ||
| Imperial Ambassador, Papal Nuncio | ||
| Squire with umbrella and his assistant | Umbrella [fig. 19] | Umbrella |
| Ambassadors [fig. 19] | Other Ambassadors | |
| Nobleman with sword and his companion | Sword [fig. 19] | Sword |
| Giudice del Proprio | ||
| Counselors | Signoria [fig. 20] | Signoria |
| Heads of the Forty | ||
| Avogadori | ||
| Heads of the Council of Ten | ||
| Censors | ||
| Cavalier of the golden stole | ||
| Muda3 in order of age | ||
| Titled gentlemen |
2. See Bartolomeo Cecchetti, Il Doge di Venezia (Venezia: Prem. Stabil. Tip. Di P. Naratovich, 1864), 293-94. See note 304 and Document 7.
3. For the definition of the muda see Document 7, note 1.
Return to: Paragraph 21.2
Return to: Note 290.