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- proper noun A historic walled-town in the
Marche ,Italy
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The hilltop town of Urbino is one of Italy's most beautiful and well-preserved renaissance treasures.
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Note 206: This work was included in Urbino's library (I.V. #620), paired with Platina's later biography of Cardinal Bessarion. back
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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According to Virginia Tenzer, the fact that only one taper at Urbino is lit suggests that this virtue is enacted in the present, at the chiasmus of the past and future, and "that prudence is a habit of mind exercised by Federico" (Iconography, 198).
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Note 165: There were three copies of Augustine's City of God in Urbino's ducal library (I.V. #40, 41, 58).
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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There are also a third of the books and half the number of items found in Urbino's cabinets. 26 Although music remains the dominant discipline, with 13 instruments evenly dispersed and an opened manuscript in a northwest cabinet,27 only a portative organ is readily at hand.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Several works to his credit were present in Urbino's ducal library (I.V. #31, 405, 406, and 408).
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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The empty hook at Urbino is probably designated for the jingle ring.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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The presence of these chests in Urbino from 1472 to 1474 coincides with the beginning of two projects central to Federico's aspirations, the formation of the ducal library and the conception of the studiolo.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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He and Battista, whose education he oversaw following her move to the Urbino court, provided continuity of leadership in Urbino's affairs during Federico's absence.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Inside the Benelli Shotgun Factory in Urbino, Italy | Field & Stream
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