Lagoon
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Lazzaretto Nuovo — Venetia Descritta (1581)
“Lazzaretto Nuovo” from the “Venetia, citta nobilissima et singolare” (1581) by Francesco Sansovino, translated by René Seindal.
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Lazzaretto Vecchio — Venetia Descritta (1581)
“Lazzaretto Vecchio” from the “Venetia, citta nobilissima et singolare” (1581) by Francesco Sansovino, translated by René Seindal.
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Translatio Marci Evangelistae Venetias (English)
This document is the earliest description of the translation of St Mark to Venice in 827–828, and also of early Venice. This is a translation by René Seindal.
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De Administrando Imperio
Translation of the parts related to Venice of the “De Administrando Imperio” (c.950) by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus.
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Industria Elvetica — Swiss Industry — Grevembroch 4-81
“Industria Elvetica” (Swiss Industry) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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Thomas Philologus Ravennas
The statue on the façade of the San Zulian church is not a saint, but an astrologer and doctor, who sold remedies for syphilis.
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Giacomo Gradenigo Cavaliere — Grevembroch 1-37
“Giacomo Gradenigo Cavaliere” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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Giogio Vasari on Sanmichele and the Sant’Andrea fortress
Extract of Vasari, “Le vite de’ più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori” (1568), related to Sanmicheli and the Fortress of Sant’Andrea.
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The start of the plague in 1575 — Cornelio Morello (1584)
Translation of a document from 1584 recounting the start of the plague of 1575, translated by René Seindal.
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Malamocco, Matemauco, Metemaucum — Lessico Veneto
“Malamocco, Matemauco, Metemaucum” from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.