San Marco (sestiere)
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Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane — Giacomo Franco
About forty engravings from the early 1600s, with dresses, attires, ceremonies, feasts, regattas and much more.
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Bianca Cappello — daughter of the Republic
In 1563, a young Venetian noblewoman eloped with her lover, never to come back to Venice again. She went on to have an eventful, and highly unusual life, in Florence.
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Brick pavements at St Mark
Current digs in the Piazza San Marco reveal the ancient brick pavings of the square, as we know them from paintings.
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Il mermeo in giro — Grevembroch 4–77
“Il mermeo in giro” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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Tombs of the doges
Where were the doges of Venice buried? A little bit all over, in churches and monasteries in Venice and beyond.
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Prigioni — Lessico Veneto
“Prigioni” from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.
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An Englishman in Venice — the diary of John Evelyn — 1645
Excerpts of the diary of the English gentleman John Evelyn from May 1645 to March 1646, covering his stay in Venice and Padua.
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Slaves in Venice
Slavery was not a large part of Venetian culture or Venetian history, but there were slaves in Venice.
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Gli abiti de veneziani — by Giovanni Grevembroch
“Gli abiti de veneziani di quasi ogni età con diligenza raccolti e dipinti nel secolo XVIII,” by Giovanni Grevembroch, is a treasure of information about Venetians dress in the 1700s.
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Feasts and Celebrations in Venice
The calendar of feasts and celebrations in Venice was full of events which are now largely forgotten.