humanist revival of comus
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An Untruthful Renaissance?
The Humanist Revival of Comus and Its Reception in
English Literature and Popular Culture
Lorenzo Costa, The Reign of Comus (1511)
Blaise de Vigenère, Les Images ou Tableaux de Platte-Peinture, 1637
Illustrations by Jaspar Isa(a)c
Vincenzo Cartari, Imagines deorum, 1581
Illustrations by Bolognino Zaltieri
Vincenzo Cartari, Le vere e nove Imagini dei Dei degli antichi, 1626
Illustrations by Filippo Ferroverde
Master E.S., Fantastic Alphabet, c. 1465
An Inuectiue ageinst Glotony and Dronkennes
(London, 1545)
The Great Sins of Drunkeness and Gluttony
(London, 1656)
Erycius Puteanus,
Comus sive Phagesiposia Cimmeria,
Oxford edition, 1634
John Milton, Comus, Trinity manuscript
John Milton, Comus, first printed edition, London, 1637
Comus, Mardi Gras, 2002
Margaret Hodges, Comus, 1996
Illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman