You are here

Home › Italy, 16th Century › Steps

Continenza

Error message

  • Deprecated function: Constant PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY is deprecated since 8.5, use Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY instead in DatabaseConnection_mysql->__construct() (line 334 of includes/database/mysql/database.inc).
  • Deprecated function: Constant PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_MULTI_STATEMENTS is deprecated since 8.5, use Pdo\Mysql::ATTR_MULTI_STATEMENTS instead in DatabaseConnection_mysql->__construct() (line 346 of includes/database/mysql/database.inc).
Source: 
Italian sources, c.1550-c.1620
Discussion: 

A step to the side. Many dances begin with a riverenza and a pair of continenze.

 

Florio: Key image - self-contained, chaste, restrained.

  • Continente, continent, chaste. Also the continent or maine firm land.
  • Continenza, continencie, chastitie.

 

Creative Commons License All content on this website is released under the CC BY-SA v3.0 license unless otherwise specified. For full details, please see the copyright page.