Over the years, I have written quite a bit about the plague and how the Republic of Venice tried to manage it. This is a complete list of all the plague related articles, podcast episodes, newsletters, chronologies, and sources, both in the original and translated. Narrative I’ve told the story of the plague in Venice…
“Veduta della Piazzetta di S. Marco” from the “Gran Teatro di Venezia”, published by Domenico Lovisa, c. 1717.
“Procuratore, e Cavaliere” (Procurator, and Cavalier) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
“Abito” from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.
The cover pages of each of the four volumes of Grevembroch’s “Gli abiti de venezianii” are quite intriguing.
The full list of all the watercolours in the four volumes of “Gli Abiti de Veneziani” by Grevembroch.
“Nobile sopra l’incanto” (Noble as Auctioneer) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
“Nobili al Cafè” (Nobles at the Cafè) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
Extract of Vasari, “Le vite de’ più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori” (1568), related to Sanmicheli and the Fortress of Sant’Andrea.
Translation of a document from 1584 recounting the start of the plague of 1575, translated by René Seindal.