Celebrated at the heart of a notoriously unstable period the vacant see papal funerals in early modern rome easily fell prey to ceremonial chaos and disorder charged with maintaining decorum papal masters of ceremonies supervised all aspects of the funeral from the correct handling of the papal body to the construction of the funeral apparato the temporary decorations used during the . The funeral apparati of charles v after charles v funeral apparati in florence rome and other italian cities religious festival culture after trent from rome to borromeos milan and back again funeral apparati of cardinals in early modern rome papal reburials and the funeral apparato of sixtus v in s maria maggiore funeral . Festive funerals in early modern italy the art and culture of conspicuous commemoration volume 0 of visual culture in early modernity author dr minou schraven edition illustrated publisher. The journal of modern history volume 88 number 4 previous article next article no access book reviews festive funerals in early modern italy the art and culture of conspicuous commemoration by minou schraven visual culture in early modernity edited by allison levy farnham ashgate 2014 pp xviii 320 12495. Festive funerals in early modern italy book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers celebrated at the heart of a notoriously unstable p