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Cemmanella (f)

(with) definite article: la
Cornamusa

Mentioned by the Italian humanist, historian, and poet Benedetto Varchi (1502/1503-1565) in his tract »L'Hercolano« (posthumously published, Firenze [Florence], 1570); ➺ Reprint: Benedetto Varchi, »L'Ercolano«. Dialogo nel quale si ragiona delle lingue, ed in particolare della Toscana e della Fiorentina, vol. 1 (Milano, 1804); Quoted in Francesco Redi, »Poesie ... con le annotazioni al Bacco in Toscana« (Firenze, 1859); According to Baretti, "a bag-pipe"; NB¹: ➺ Cembanella; NB²: ➺ Cennamella.

Sources

Baretti, Giuseppe [Marco Antonio]: Dizionario delle lingue italiana ed inglese, 9th ed., vol. 1 [Corrected and improved by Charles Thomson]. Londra [London], 1839, p.[124 (Cemmanélla)].

Web

Google books (Varchi [Find cemmanelle: p.280]).
➺ ibidem (Redi [Find cembanelle [sic]: p.414: ➺ Cemmanella (»Varchi)]).
Archive.org (Baretti).