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Reference to "bella gerit" is found in Alciati's Emblemata liber.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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"Bella gerit" is a marching air that celebrates the duke's leadership.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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In 1982, by the motu proprio 'Qui res Christi gerit', Pope John Paul II confirmed the cult of Fra Angelico and declared him to be a beatus.
The Christian Artist 2009
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Counterposed with the martial "Bella gerit," another musical score in the Urbino intarsia suggests how the muses (in this case, Erato) could assist in stirring other sorts of emotions, softening the duke's temperament.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Note 236: It might prove worthwhile to analyze the musical structure of "Bella gerit," since Josquin des Prez soon after (1505) composed a work for Ercole d'Este that employed the technique of soggetto cavato, by which the vowels of the duke's name were transposed into pitch material.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Intarsiated and burnished score of Bella gerit, Urbino studiolo.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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In emblem 169, entitled, "One ought to fear even the tiniest creatures" (A minimis quoque timendum), Alciati writes: "The beetle wages war and provokes his enemy of his own accord; even though inferior in strength he surpasses her in cunning" (Bella gerit scarabeus, et hostem provocat ultro, Robore et inferior, consilio superat). back
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Intarsiated and burnished score of Bella gerit, Urbino studiolo.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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In its lyrics, "Bella gerit" further entwines the themes of action/contemplation and war/peace by extolling Federico's reconciliation of public and private life: "Federico, the greatest leader of all Italians, outdoors and at home, he fights wars and cultivates the Muses."
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Note 235: "Bella gerit musasque colit Federicus omnium maximus Italiorum Dux foris atque domi."
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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