San Marco (sestiere)
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Venice treacle
Venice treacle, or theriac, was an ancient wonder medicine, an antidote for most poisons and a cure for most ailments, including the plague.
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Speziali or Pharmacies in Venice
An incomplete list of pharmacies, or speziali, which have at some time existed in Venice. Some are still around.
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The preparation of Theriac — two prints (1600s)
Two prints, from the 1600s, depicting the production in public of the wonder-medicine theriac, at the Testa d’Oro apothecary at Rialto.
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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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Arte Quadrupla — Quadruple Craft — Grevembroch 4-64
“Arte Quadrupla” (Quadruple Art) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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Veduta della Piazzetta di S. Marco — Il Gran Teatro di Venezia — plate 5
“Veduta della Piazzetta di S. Marco” from the “Gran Teatro di Venezia”, published by Domenico Lovisa, c. 1717.
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Procuratore, e Cavaliere — Procurator and Cavalier — Grevembroch 1-18
“Procuratore, e Cavaliere” (Procurator, and Cavalier) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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Liberalità Misteriosa — Mysterious Liberality — Grevembroch 4-1
“Liberalità Misteriosa” (Mysterious Liberality) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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Nobili al Cafè — Noblemen at the Café — Grevembroch 1-096
“Nobili al Cafè” (Nobles at the Cafè) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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Loggietta — Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane — 11
“Loggietta” from the “Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane”, published by Giacomo Franco, c. 1610.