Il codice miniato del Trionfo delle cristiane virtù

[Autom. eng. transl.] The printed manuscript code of the Triumph of Christian virtues, almost entirely unpublished, is characterized by its colorful, albeit naive, illustrations: they reproduce the allegorical paintings that the nineteen Schools of the Christian Doctrine had animated in the procession for the solemn entrance of the archbishop Carlo Gaetano Stampa in 1739 in Milan. We describe the code and, briefly, the composition of each individual 'appearance', which represented one of the Theological virtues, Cardinals and those indicated in the Evangelical Councils owned by the archbishop; each virtue was followed by a corresponding contrary vice in chains, as well as a set of geniuses and little angels, who carried arms and deeds. We reconstruct the order in which the virtues presented themselves, the climate, the colors of the costumes, the movements of the spectacular representation, the verses that were recited.