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Full of exciting action and often recreating medieval battles between Christians and Saracens, Opera dei Pupi used heavy wooden marionettes suspended from iron rods. These were operated by performers on a bridge concealed by the theatre’s proscenium arch. The handwritten texts detail exciting highlights to entice passers-by.\n\r\nGouache on paper\r\nMuseum no. S.428-1980\n","date":{"text":"December 2012","earliest":"2012-12-01","latest":"2012-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["S.428-1980"],"accessionNumberNum":"428","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":1980,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-16","recordCreationDate":"2010-07-23","availableToBook":true}}