Clothes
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Strazzariol — merchant of used clothes and household items — Zompini — Arti #58
“Strazzariol” (merchant of used clothes and household items) from “Arti che vanno per via” (1785) by Gaetano Zompini, translated by René Seindal.
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Meretrice — Grevembroch 3–158
“Meretrice” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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Sartore Ducale — Grevembroch 4–102
“Sartore Ducale” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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Cortigiane — Grevembroch 3–157
“Cortigiane” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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Glossary — clothing
Clothing has its own vocabulary, which often makes reading and translating old texts challenging for the uninitiated.
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Concubine — Grevembroch 3–156
“Concubine” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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An Englishman in Venice
On the Grand Tour in the 1640s, the English gentleman John Evelyn spent almost a year in Venice and Padua.