A stola was a band of fabric, usually the same material as the vesta, hanging over the left shoulder of a magistrato of the republic.
“Abito” from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.
“I Procuratori di S. Marcho” from the “Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane”, published by Giacomo Franco, c. 1610.
“Nobile della Casa Trivisan” (Nobleman of the House of Trivisan) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.