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When the English gentleman John Evelyn left Venice in 1646, after almost a year in Venice and Padua, he had more stuff than when he had arrived.
From his diary for late March 1646:
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When the English gentleman John Evelyn left Venice in 1646, after almost a year in Venice and Padua, he had more stuff than when he had arrived.
From his diary for late March 1646:
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Episode 23 — Venice treacle — the cure-all remedy
Venice produced and exported Theriac, an ancient wonder medicine for just about every ailment imaginable. It was a flourishing business for centuries, and an important part of the Venetian economy.
#Venice #Theriac
These two prints depict elements of the public preparation of theriac at the Testa d'Oro pharmacy in Venice, at the Rialto bridge, which is seen in the background.
#Engravings #Medicine #Theriac #Venezia #Venice
These two prints depict elements of the public preparation of theriac at the Testa d'Oro pharmacy in Venice, at the Rialto bridge, which is seen in the background.
#Engravings #Medicine #Theriac #Venezia #Venice
Since the Middle Ages, noble families had operated banking activities around the Rialto with insufficient oversight.
#Banking #Venice #SkyStorians
Since the Middle Ages, noble families had operated banking activities around the Rialto with insufficient oversight.
#Banking #Venice #SkyStorians
Yet another saint, one presumes, walking on towards St Mark's.
Well, no! That's Tommaso Ravenna, astrologer & physician, who in the 1500s got rich and famous selling remedies for syphilis.
Yet another saint, one presumes, walking on towards St Mark's.
Well, no! That's Tommaso Ravenna, astrologer & physician, who in the 1500s got rich and famous selling remedies for syphilis.
Esse suum infirmo medicus memorare tenetur.
Mors praevisa parit saepe medelam animae.
What's this supposed to be in English?
The various online translators produce mostly meaningless babble.
#latin #transltion
Esse suum infirmo medicus memorare tenetur.
Mors praevisa parit saepe medelam animae.
What's this supposed to be in English?
The various online translators produce mostly meaningless babble.
#latin #transltion
#SkyStorians #Venezia #Venice
#SkyStorians #Venezia #Venice
There were calegheri, calzolari, scarpéri, zavatteri, zoccolai, pianellai, and scarperut.
All these categories of shoemakers were organised in a single guild, the Scuola dei Calegheri in the Campo San Tomà.
#skystorians
There were calegheri, calzolari, scarpéri, zavatteri, zoccolai, pianellai, and scarperut.
All these categories of shoemakers were organised in a single guild, the Scuola dei Calegheri in the Campo San Tomà.
#skystorians
Did he even exist?
And if he did, was he Venetian?
#Venice #Podcast #Skystorians #PlagueDoctor
Did he even exist?
And if he did, was he Venetian?
#Venice #Podcast #Skystorians #PlagueDoctor
Did he even exist?
And if he did, was he Venetian?
#Venice #Podcast #Skystorians #PlagueDoctor
Did he even exist?
And if he did, was he Venetian?
#Venice #Podcast #Skystorians #PlagueDoctor
Commonly seen there, in the early 1700s, were a prison ship, a street brawl and noblemen in the broglio, engaging in the less noble side of Venetian politics.
#skystorians #Venezia #Venice
Commonly seen there, in the early 1700s, were a prison ship, a street brawl and noblemen in the broglio, engaging in the less noble side of Venetian politics.
#skystorians #Venezia #Venice
#skystorians #Venezia #Venice
#skystorians #Venezia #Venice
Well, kinda.
#Skystorians #Sports #Venezia #Venice
Well, kinda.
#Skystorians #Sports #Venezia #Venice
What's in the cover illustration of the fourth volume of an 18th century trilogy?
#venice #venezia #skystorians
What's in the cover illustration of the fourth volume of an 18th century trilogy?
#venice #venezia #skystorians
They were, as all other high-ranking magistrates of the Republic of Venice, dressed in the traditional toga or vesta.
#skystorians #venice #venezia
They were, as all other high-ranking magistrates of the Republic of Venice, dressed in the traditional toga or vesta.
#skystorians #venice #venezia
#skystorians #venezia #venice
#skystorians #venezia #venice
Taverns and inns also served as pawn shops, to ensure common people too had access to credit.
#Venezia #Venice #SkyStorians
Taverns and inns also served as pawn shops, to ensure common people too had access to credit.
#Venezia #Venice #SkyStorians
It involved togas, stoles, wine and cakes.
"Compari alla Malvasia" (Malvasia Companions) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
#VenetianNobility #Venezia #Venice #Malvasia
It involved togas, stoles, wine and cakes.
"Compari alla Malvasia" (Malvasia Companions) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
#VenetianNobility #Venezia #Venice #Malvasia
Ever wondered how a barista in the Florian looked in the mid-1750? Wonder no more!
"Nobles at the Café" from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
#Coffee #VenetianNobility #Venezia #Venice
#Grevembroch
Ever wondered how a barista in the Florian looked in the mid-1750? Wonder no more!
"Nobles at the Café" from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
#Coffee #VenetianNobility #Venezia #Venice
#Grevembroch
Extract of Vasari, "Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori" (1568), related to Michele Sanmicheli and the Fortress of Sant'Andrea. #Venezia #Venice
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Extract of Vasari, "Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori" (1568), related to Michele Sanmicheli and the Fortress of Sant'Andrea. #Venezia #Venice
historywalksvenice.com/translation/...
"There, fleeing Austrian bullets, hunger, anarchy and the many other calamities that afflicted the illustrious and unfortunate Venice, in a few hours, by cholera, on the twentyfirst day of August of the year 1849," …
"There, fleeing Austrian bullets, hunger, anarchy and the many other calamities that afflicted the illustrious and unfortunate Venice, in a few hours, by cholera, on the twentyfirst day of August of the year 1849," …
Il Gran Teatro di Venezia — Veduta delle due Chiese di S. Nicolò e S. Giuseppe di Castello, published by Domenico Lovisa, c. 1717.
#Venezia #Venice #VeniceLost #SkyStorians
Il Gran Teatro di Venezia — Veduta delle due Chiese di S. Nicolò e S. Giuseppe di Castello, published by Domenico Lovisa, c. 1717.
#Venezia #Venice #VeniceLost #SkyStorians
"There, fleeing Austrian bullets, hunger, anarchy and the many other calamities that afflicted the illustrious and unfortunate Venice, in a few hours, by cholera, on the twentyfirst day of August of the year 1849," …
"There, fleeing Austrian bullets, hunger, anarchy and the many other calamities that afflicted the illustrious and unfortunate Venice, in a few hours, by cholera, on the twentyfirst day of August of the year 1849," …