{"id":6255,"date":"2019-07-05T11:48:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T10:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?p=6255"},"modified":"2021-02-15T18:28:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T17:28:19","slug":"leggendario-sforza-savoia-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Practicing Imaginative Meditation at the Sforza Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Cristoforo De Predis<\/strong>, born in northern Italy around 1440, was so talented that his illuminations reproduce <strong>Renaissance<\/strong> architecture and human emotions down to the smallest detail. He was so versatile that both his devotional manuscript and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/de-sphaera-facsimile\" target=\"_blank\">astrology codex<\/a> became successful. This essay by <strong>Pier Luigi Mulas<\/strong> digs deeper into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the illuminations of the Leggendario Sforza-Savoia (opens in a new tab)\">the illuminations of the <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the illuminations of the Leggendario Sforza-Savoia (opens in a new tab)\">Leggendario Sforza-Savoia<\/a><\/strong>, unveiling the <strong>psychological reasons<\/strong> behind his choice of sceneries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-02-750x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-02-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Leggendario Sforza-Savoia\" data-id=\"6274\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=6274\" class=\"wp-image-6274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-02-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-02.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-file-750x1125.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-file-750x1125.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Leggendario Sforza-Savoia\" data-id=\"6318\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=6318\" class=\"wp-image-6318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-file-750x1125.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-file-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-file-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-file.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-05-750x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-05-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Leggendario Sforza-Savoia\" data-id=\"6266\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=6266\" class=\"wp-image-6266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-05-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-05.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Leggendario Sforza-Savoia<\/strong> is an instrument of meditation through images. In this sense, the work bears witness to a tradition of devotional practices whereby, while the faithful are called upon to consider the narration of the life of Christ and, above all, the Passion, an appeal is made to the faculties of the imagination and, on a psychological and emotional plane, to <strong>intensity of feeling<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-03-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Leggendario Sforza-Savoia\" class=\"wp-image-6265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-03-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-03.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The faithful are thus called upon to experience the episodes of the story of Christ and, <strong>through the mind\u2019s eye<\/strong>, to see these episodes, through reconstruction, reliant upon imagination, of the settings and characters, which appear, as it were, in a religious performance or imaginary theatre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of considerable significance for such devotional practices is the role played by \u201c<strong>local memory<\/strong>\u201d, or &#8220;memory of loci&#8221;. Here, parallels emerge with the processes of the <em>artes memoriae<\/em>. Through the staging of these episodes of the Gospel in <strong>familiar settings<\/strong>, and also through inclusion of figures with which the faithful were already familiar, <strong>meditation was facilitated<\/strong> by more instant recall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The \u201clocal\u201d memory, or memory of places, brings the gospel narratives into a <strong>contemporary setting<\/strong> so that the reader might impress the sacred narrative upon his or her mind and <strong>reconstruct it \u201cimaginatively&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We find a concrete reference to such practices in one of the most famous contemporary treatises on prayer \u2013 the <strong>Zardino de oratione<\/strong>* (a text from mid-fifteenth century Venice): <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLa quale istoria aci\u00f2 che tu meglio la possi imprimere ne la mente e che pi\u00f9 facilmente ogni acto de essa si reduca ala memoria ti ser\u00e0 utile e bisogno che ti formi ne la mente lochi e persone, chome una citade la quale sia la citade de Hierusalem, pigliando una citade la quale ti sia bene pratica. Nela qual citade ti trovi li lochi principali ne li quali forono exercitati tutti li acti dela Passion.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-01-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Leggendario Sforza-Savoia\" class=\"wp-image-6268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-01-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>(For which story, so that you may <strong>impress it upon your mind <\/strong>and so that you may more easily recall each act therein, it shall be fitting and necessary that you form in your mind places and persons as in a city, be it the city of Jerusalem, taking a city that you are most familiar with, in which you find the principal places where all the acts of the Passion took place).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bearing in mind these premises we can better understand certain iconographic traits in our illuminations: first and foremost, the precise manner in which the urban and domestic settings of the various scenes of the narrative are represented. The streets or thoroughfares, the interiors and the decor evoke the Milan of the times. This is <strong>not merely stylistic<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-10-1-750x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-10-1-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Leggendario Sforza-Savoia\" data-id=\"6267\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=6267\" class=\"wp-image-6267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-10-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-10-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-10-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-10-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-06-1-750x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-06-1-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Leggendario Sforza-Savoia\" data-id=\"6270\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=6270\" class=\"wp-image-6270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-06-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-06-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-06-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-06-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-04-1-750x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-04-1-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Leggendario Sforza-Savoia\" data-id=\"6269\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=6269\" class=\"wp-image-6269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-04-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-04-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-04-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile-edition-04-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201clocal\u201d memory, or memory of places, brings the gospel narratives into a <strong>contemporary setting<\/strong> so that the reader might impress the sacred narrative upon his or her mind and <strong>reconstruct it \u201cimaginatively&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Excerpt from an essay by <strong>Pier Luigi Mulas<\/strong>, published in the commentary to the facsimile edition of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Leggendario Sforza-Savoia (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/leggendario-sforza-savoia-facsimile\" target=\"_blank\">Leggendario Sforza-Savoia<\/a> by Franco Cosimo Panini Editore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*According to the <em>Zardino de Oratione<\/em>, an essay published in Venice in 1453, meditation takes place thanks to &#8220;mental images&#8221; that make the sacred scene come alive to readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why did Cristoforo de Predis use 15th-century Milan architecture as a backdrop for religious scenes? 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