Articles
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The plague doctor
The plague doctor with the beaked mask might not have much to do with Venice — that figure is more likely to be French.
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Sources and publications
A list of some of the sources and publications used to create this web site — spanning half a millennium.
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The ASV Indice by Andrea da Mosto
The L’Archivio di Stato di Venezia : indice generale, storico, descrittivo ed analitico (shortened ASV Indice) by Andrea da Mosto is a very useful reference to all the major and minor institutions and offices of the Republic of Venice.
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The Dizionario del Dialetto Veneziano by Giuseppe Boerio
The Dizionario del Dialetto Veneziano by Giuseppe Boerio from 1829 is the essential dictionary of the late Venetian language for anybody trying to read old Venetian texts.
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Però l’anderà parte — vadit pars
Legal texts from the Republic of Venice often contains some particular Venetian idioms, such as “però l’anderà parte” and “vadit pars”
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The Lessico Veneto by Fabio Mutinelli
The Lessico Veneto — Lexicon of the Veneto — by Fabio Mutinelli from 1851 is another of those must-have books for anybody interested in Venetian history, which is exact why it was written.
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Prostitution in Venice
In ancient Venice prostitution was considered a necessary evil, where more harm would come from a ban than from a de facto acceptance
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Miniatures by Rosalba Carriera
Rosalba Carriera, the most popular and famous Venetian artist of the early 1700s, painted lots of miniatures.
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A Venetian Law
Ignorance of the law is no excuse — so the Serenissima sometimes published laws on inscriptions around the city.
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Daghe adosso, Nino!
An Austrian admiral giving orders in Venetian, in a naval battle against Italy, which eventually led to Venice becoming Italian