| Title: | Carnival |
| Original Title: | Carnaval |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 2 (1752), p. 690 |
| Author: | Edme-François Mallet (biography) |
| Translator: | Ina Pfitzner [Independent Scholar] |
| Subject terms: |
Modern history
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| Citation (MLA): | Mallet, Edme-François. "Carnival." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ina Pfitzner. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.139>. Trans. of "Carnaval," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 2. Paris, 1752. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Mallet, Edme-François. "Carnival." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ina Pfitzner. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.139 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Carnaval," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 2:690 (Paris, 1752). |
Carnival is a time of celebration and joy observed with much ceremony in Italy, most of all in Venice.
The word comes from the Italian carnavale , but du Cange derives it from carn-aval , since a lot of meat is eaten at that time to make up for the abstinence in which one must live afterwards; he also says that it was called carne levamen, carnis privium in Low Latin, and carnes tollendas by the Spanish.
The period of carnival starts the day after Epiphany, or January 7, and lasts until Lent. Balls, banquets, and weddings are mostly held during carnival.