histodons
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Grevembroch cover illustrations
The cover pages of each of the four volumes of Grevembroch’s “Gli abiti de venezianii” are quite intriguing.
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Gli Abiti de Veneziani — Full list
The full list of all the watercolours in the four volumes of “Gli Abiti de Veneziani” by Grevembroch.
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Nobile sopra l’incanto — Nobleman as Auctioneer — Grevembroch 1-81
“Nobile sopra l’incanto” (Noble as Auctioneer) 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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Giogio Vasari on Sanmichele and the Sant’Andrea fortress
Extract of Vasari, “Le vite de’ più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori” (1568), related to Sanmicheli and the Fortress of Sant’Andrea.
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The start of the plague in 1575 — Cornelio Morello (1584)
Translation of a document from 1584 recounting the start of the plague of 1575, translated by René Seindal.
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The Lessico Veneto by Fabio Mutinelli
The Lessico Veneto — Lexicon of the Veneto — by Fabio Mutinelli from 1851 is another of those must-have books for anybody interested in Venetian history, which is exact why it was written.
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Patriarchs of Grado and Venice
The complete list of the Patriarchs of Grade, Patriarchs of Grado in Venice, and Patriarchs of Venice, since 717 until today
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Bad air will get you sick
Bad air was believed to be a major cause of sickness in the past, based on the idea of humours and miasma as the cause of disease.
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The Black Plague
The black plague — or bubonic plague — is caused by a bacterium, yersinia pestis. It is one of the most virulent diseases in the world, and it has left some deep marks in the history of Venice.