Barnabotto (pl. barnabotti)
The barnabotti were poor nobleman, who had to beg for money, or sell their votes in the Maggior Consiglio.
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Povero in Mascara — Beggar in mask — Grevembroch 3-80
“Povero in Mascara” (Beggar in mask) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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The Venetian Nobility
The Venetian nobles were in principle all equals, but in practice there were differences within the nobility, and even important inequalities.