Festival books (Dutch: feestboeken, Spanish: libros de festivos) are books, often illustrated, that commemorate a notable event such as a royal entry, coronation or wedding.[2] Funerals were also commemorated in similar fashion. The genre thrived in Renaissance and early modern Europe, where rulers utilized the form to both document and embellish displays of wealth and power.
- ^ "Entry of Ernst, Archduke of Austria, into Antwerp. (Antwerp: 14th June, 1594)". Treasures in Full: Renaissance Festival Books. British Library. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Festival books". Art & Architecture Thesaurus. J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved 30 August 2014.