Venezia
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Nightingale Muzak
Songbirds were an important part of the shopping experience in Venice in the 1600s and 1700s.
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Il mermeo in giro — Grevembroch 4–77
“Il mermeo in giro” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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Francesco Pona — The Plague in Verona, 1630
A doctor’s eyewitness account of the plague epidemic in Verona in 1630, which killed some 60% of the population of the city.
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Farewell to Twitter and Facebook
The old social media sites are by now useless for sharing information, so I will post no further articles there. Posts will still be shared on Mastodon and Bluesky.
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404 Doctor Not Found
The iconic cloaked and beaked plague doctor is often associated with Venice, but there is no documentation that the figure ever existed in Venice.
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Tombs of the doges
Where were the doges of Venice buried? A little bit all over, in churches and monasteries in Venice and beyond.
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Slavery in Venice
Slavery existed in Venice throughout the history of the republic, and the Venetian profited from the lucrative trade.
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Ink and Rat Poison
Is there a connection between writing ink and rat poison, as some images from the 1700s seem to indicate?
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The Regata Storica and Politics
The annual Regata Storica is normally devoid of political messages, but not this year.
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Ruffiana — Grevembroch 3–162
“Ruffiana” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.