Esecutori contro la Bestemmia aka Magistrato de la Biastema (Magistracy against Blasphemy)
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A catalogue of Venetian prostitutes
The “Catalogo di tutte le principal et più honorate Cortigiane di Venetia” is a list of some 212 prostitutes, where they lived, and their prices.
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An earl, a girl and a gondola
On March 18, 1618, the Collegio received Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639), the ambassador of the King of Great Britain to the Republic of Venice, who had a rather odd request.
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Esecutori contro la Bestemmia — ASV Indice
“Esecutori Contro La Bestemmia” from the L’Archivio di Stato di Venezia: indice generale, storico, descrittivo ed analitico (1937) by Andrea da Mosto
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State institutions of the Republic of Venice
The Republic of Venice changed continuously as conditions inside and outside of it changed, until it gradually found its final form in the 1300s and 1400s.
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Esecutori contro la Bestemmia — Lessico Veneto
“Esecutori contro la Bestemmia” from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.
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Meretrici — Lessico Veneto
“Meretrici” from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal..
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Magistrato de la Biastema — Dizionario
“Magistrato de la Biastema” from the Dizionario del Dialetto Veneziano by Giuseppe Boerio.
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Prostitution in Venice
In ancient Venice prostitution was considered a necessary evil, where more harm would come from a ban than from a de facto acceptance