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The Blood of Christ
Easter is the most important event in the Christian calendar, and that was no different in the times of the Republic of Venice.
It should therefore be no surprise that several events took place during the week of Easter, and that all classes participated.
A couple of these events included a rather special relic, which is still in the treasury of the Basilica di San Marco.
It is a sample of the blood of Jesus.
Just to muddle the waters, there's a similar relic in the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari.
Both of them originate in Constantinople.
#1500s #1600s #1700s #Easter #histodons #Schools #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/the-blood-of-christ/
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The Blood of Christ
Easter is the most important event in the Christian calendar, and that was no different in the times of the Republic of Venice.
It should therefore be no surprise that several events took place during the week of Easter, and that all classes participated.
A couple of these events included a rather special relic, which is still in the treasury of the Basilica di San Marco.
It is a sample of the blood of Jesus.
Just to muddle the waters, there's a similar relic in the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari.
Both of them originate in Constantinople.
#1500s #1600s #1700s #Easter #histodons #Schools #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/the-blood-of-christ/
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The Blood of Christ
Easter is the most important event in the Christian calendar, and that was no different in the times of the Republic of Venice.
It should therefore be no surprise that several events took place during the week of Easter, and that all classes participated.
A couple of these events included a rather special relic, which is still in the treasury of the Basilica di San Marco.
It is a sample of the blood of Jesus.
Just to muddle the waters, there's a similar relic in the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari.
Both of them originate in Constantinople.
#1500s #1600s #1700s #Easter #histodons #Schools #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/the-blood-of-christ/
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The Blood of Christ
Easter is the most important event in the Christian calendar, and that was no different in the times of the Republic of Venice.
It should therefore be no surprise that several events took place during the week of Easter, and that all classes participated.
A couple of these events included a rather special relic, which is still in the treasury of the Basilica di San Marco.
It is a sample of the blood of Jesus.
Just to muddle the waters, there's a similar relic in the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari.
Both of them originate in Constantinople.
#1500s #1600s #1700s #Easter #histodons #Schools #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/the-blood-of-christ/
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The Blood of Christ
Easter is the most important event in the Christian calendar, and that was no different in the times of the Republic of Venice.
It should therefore be no surprise that several events took place during the week of Easter, and that all classes participated.
A couple of these events included a rather special relic, which is still in the treasury of the Basilica di San Marco.
It is a sample of the blood of Jesus.
Just to muddle the waters, there's a similar relic in the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari.
Both of them originate in Constantinople.
#1500s #1600s #1700s #Easter #histodons #Schools #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/the-blood-of-christ/
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Courtesans
The ancient Venetians had a rather ambiguous relationship with prostitution. It was both rejected and accepted.
Prostitution was rejected because it was seen as immoral and dishonest.
However, it was also accepted because the alternative was perceived to be sodomy, which is a mortal sin.
At the same time, the courtesans of Venice in the 1500s and 1600s were famous and celebrated. Important people came from all over Europe to enjoy their company. Kings, dukes and even cardinals requested the services of the most famous courtesans.
This ambiguity is evident in the following four prints.
They're from the same publication, the Habiti delle Donne Venetiane, published around 1610 by Giacomo Franco.
#1600s #Courtesans #Venezia #Venice #Women
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/courtesans/
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Courtesans
The ancient Venetians had a rather ambiguous relationship with prostitution. It was both rejected and accepted.
Prostitution was rejected because it was seen as immoral and dishonest.
However, it was also accepted because the alternative was perceived to be sodomy, which is a mortal sin.
At the same time, the courtesans of Venice in the 1500s and 1600s were famous and celebrated. Important people came from all over Europe to enjoy their company. Kings, dukes and even cardinals requested the services of the most famous courtesans.
This ambiguity is evident in the following four prints.
They're from the same publication, the Habiti delle Donne Venetiane, published around 1610 by Giacomo Franco.
#1600s #Courtesans #Venezia #Venice #Women
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/courtesans/
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Courtesans
The ancient Venetians had a rather ambiguous relationship with prostitution. It was both rejected and accepted.
Prostitution was rejected because it was seen as immoral and dishonest.
However, it was also accepted because the alternative was perceived to be sodomy, which is a mortal sin.
At the same time, the courtesans of Venice in the 1500s and 1600s were famous and celebrated. Important people came from all over Europe to enjoy their company. Kings, dukes and even cardinals requested the services of the most famous courtesans.
This ambiguity is evident in the following four prints.
They're from the same publication, the Habiti delle Donne Venetiane, published around 1610 by Giacomo Franco.
#1600s #Courtesans #Venezia #Venice #Women
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/courtesans/
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Courtesans
The ancient Venetians had a rather ambiguous relationship with prostitution. It was both rejected and accepted.
Prostitution was rejected because it was seen as immoral and dishonest.
However, it was also accepted because the alternative was perceived to be sodomy, which is a mortal sin.
At the same time, the courtesans of Venice in the 1500s and 1600s were famous and celebrated. Important people came from all over Europe to enjoy their company. Kings, dukes and even cardinals requested the services of the most famous courtesans.
This ambiguity is evident in the following four prints.
They're from the same publication, the Habiti delle Donne Venetiane, published around 1610 by Giacomo Franco.
#1600s #Courtesans #Venezia #Venice #Women
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/courtesans/
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Courtesans
The ancient Venetians had a rather ambiguous relationship with prostitution. It was both rejected and accepted.
Prostitution was rejected because it was seen as immoral and dishonest.
However, it was also accepted because the alternative was perceived to be sodomy, which is a mortal sin.
At the same time, the courtesans of Venice in the 1500s and 1600s were famous and celebrated. Important people came from all over Europe to enjoy their company. Kings, dukes and even cardinals requested the services of the most famous courtesans.
This ambiguity is evident in the following four prints.
They're from the same publication, the Habiti delle Donne Venetiane, published around 1610 by Giacomo Franco.
#1600s #Courtesans #Venezia #Venice #Women
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/courtesans/
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Episode 25 — The Venetian Carnival
The Venetian carnival was famous, and was so already in the Middle Ages. Kings travelled across Europe to see the Venetian carnival. It was one of the must-see things for travellers to Venice.
The carnival was not, however, like the modern cheap replica.
The ancient Venetian carnival sported such noble activities as pig-chasing in the alleyways, a flying Turk delivering flowers, and the public execution of a bull by sword.
#1500s #1600s #1700s #Carnival
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/podcast/episode-25-the-venetian-carnival/
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Episode 25 — The Venetian Carnival
The Venetian carnival was famous, and was so already in the Middle Ages. Kings travelled across Europe to see the Venetian carnival. It was one of the must-see things for travellers to Venice.
The carnival was not, however, like the modern cheap replica.
The ancient Venetian carnival sported such noble activities as pig-chasing in the alleyways, a flying Turk delivering flowers, and the public execution of a bull by sword.
#1500s #1600s #1700s #Carnival
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/podcast/episode-25-the-venetian-carnival/
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Episode 25 — The Venetian Carnival
The Venetian carnival was famous, and was so already in the Middle Ages. Kings travelled across Europe to see the Venetian carnival. It was one of the must-see things for travellers to Venice.
The carnival was not, however, like the modern cheap replica.
The ancient Venetian carnival sported such noble activities as pig-chasing in the alleyways, a flying Turk delivering flowers, and the public execution of a bull by sword.
#1500s #1600s #1700s #Carnival
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/podcast/episode-25-the-venetian-carnival/
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Episode 25 — The Venetian Carnival
The Venetian carnival was famous, and was so already in the Middle Ages. Kings travelled across Europe to see the Venetian carnival. It was one of the must-see things for travellers to Venice. The carnival was not, however, like the modern cheap replica. The ancient Venetian carnival sported such noble activities as pig-chasing in the alleyways, a flying Turk delivering flowers, and the public execution of a bull by sword.
#1500s #1600s #1700s #Carnival
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/podcast/episode-25-the-venetian-carnival/
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Episode 25 — The Venetian Carnival
The Venetian carnival was famous, and was so already in the Middle Ages. Kings travelled across Europe to see the Venetian carnival. It was one of the must-see things for travellers to Venice. The carnival was not, however, like the modern cheap replica. The ancient Venetian carnival sported such noble activities as pig-chasing in the alleyways, a flying Turk delivering flowers, and the public execution of a bull by sword.
#1500s #1600s #1700s #Carnival
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/podcast/episode-25-the-venetian-carnival/
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Beheading bulls
Lent, leading up to Easter, is a period of abstinence and repentance.
Forty days, where the basic rule is that if it's fun, it's probably not allowed.
Carnival originated, at least in part, as a reaction to the meagre forty days, when meat, wine, cakes, and rich foods in general were off the menu.
Hence, we have the fat week leading up to Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of Lent.
Shrove Tuesday is the last day of the carnival — Mardi Gras for the French inclined, martedi grasso in Italy, both meaning Fat Tuesday — but the preceding Thursday was also an important feast.
In Venice, this was the Feast of Giovedì Grasso, which was celebrated in grand style in the Piazzetta, the smaller part of Piazza San Marco near the two columns.
#1500s #1600s #1700s #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/beheading-bulls/
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Beheading bulls
Lent, leading up to Easter, is a period of abstinence and repentance.
Forty days, where the basic rule is that if it's fun, it's probably not allowed.
Carnival originated, at least in part, as a reaction to the meagre forty days, when meat, wine, cakes, and rich foods in general were off the menu.
Hence, we have the fat week leading up to Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of Lent.
Shrove Tuesday is the last day of the carnival — Mardi Gras for the French inclined, martedi grasso in Italy, both meaning Fat Tuesday — but the preceding Thursday was also an important feast.
In Venice, this was the Feast of Giovedì Grasso, which was celebrated in grand style in the Piazzetta, the smaller part of Piazza San Marco near the two columns.
#1500s #1600s #1700s #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/beheading-bulls/
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Beheading bulls
Lent, leading up to Easter, is a period of abstinence and repentance.
Forty days, where the basic rule is that if it's fun, it's probably not allowed.
Carnival originated, at least in part, as a reaction to the meagre forty days, when meat, wine, cakes, and rich foods in general were off the menu.
Hence, we have the fat week leading up to Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of Lent.
Shrove Tuesday is the last day of the carnival — Mardi Gras for the French inclined, martedi grasso in Italy, both meaning Fat Tuesday — but the preceding Thursday was also an important feast.
In Venice, this was the Feast of Giovedì Grasso, which was celebrated in grand style in the Piazzetta, the smaller part of Piazza San Marco near the two columns.
#1500s #1600s #1700s #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/beheading-bulls/
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Beheading bulls
Lent, leading up to Easter, is a period of abstinence and repentance.
Forty days, where the basic rule is that if it's fun, it's probably not allowed.
Carnival originated, at least in part, as a reaction to the meagre forty days, when meat, wine, cakes, and rich foods in general were off the menu.
Hence, we have the fat week leading up to Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of Lent.
Shrove Tuesday is the last day of the carnival — Mardi Gras for the French inclined, martedi grasso in Italy, both meaning Fat Tuesday — but the preceding Thursday was also an important feast.
In Venice, this was the Feast of Giovedì Grasso, which was celebrated in grand style in the Piazzetta, the smaller part of Piazza San Marco near the two columns.
#1500s #1600s #1700s #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/beheading-bulls/
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Beheading bulls
Lent, leading up to Easter, is a period of abstinence and repentance.
Forty days, where the basic rule is that if it's fun, it's probably not allowed.
Carnival originated, at least in part, as a reaction to the meagre forty days, when meat, wine, cakes, and rich foods in general were off the menu.
Hence, we have the fat week leading up to Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of Lent.
Shrove Tuesday is the last day of the carnival — Mardi Gras for the French inclined, martedi grasso in Italy, both meaning Fat Tuesday — but the preceding Thursday was also an important feast.
In Venice, this was the Feast of Giovedì Grasso, which was celebrated in grand style in the Piazzetta, the smaller part of Piazza San Marco near the two columns.
#1500s #1600s #1700s #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/beheading-bulls/
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Miracle cure or snake oil?
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:
Having packed up my purchases of books, pictures, casts, treacle, &c., (the making and extraordinary ceremony whereof I had been curious to observe, for it is extremely pompous and worth seeing) I departed from Venice …
Unsurprisingly, Evelyn had been shopping books and works of art, but also treacle made with extremely pompous ceremony.
The treacle was Venice treacle, one of the main export articles of the Republic of Venice.
#1600s #Medicine #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/miracle-cure-or-snake-oil/
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Miracle cure or snake oil?
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:
Having packed up my purchases of books, pictures, casts, treacle, &c., (the making and extraordinary ceremony whereof I had been curious to observe, for it is extremely pompous and worth seeing) I departed from Venice …
Unsurprisingly, Evelyn had been shopping books and works of art, but also treacle made with extremely pompous ceremony.
The treacle was Venice treacle, one of the main export articles of the Republic of Venice.
#1600s #Medicine #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/miracle-cure-or-snake-oil/
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Miracle cure or snake oil?
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:
Having packed up my purchases of books, pictures, casts, treacle, &c., (the making and extraordinary ceremony whereof I had been curious to observe, for it is extremely pompous and worth seeing) I departed from Venice …
Unsurprisingly, Evelyn had been shopping books and works of art, but also treacle made with extremely pompous ceremony.
The treacle was Venice treacle, one of the main export articles of the Republic of Venice.
#1600s #Medicine #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/miracle-cure-or-snake-oil/
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Miracle cure or snake oil?
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:
Having packed up my purchases of books, pictures, casts, treacle, &c., (the making and extraordinary ceremony whereof I had been curious to observe, for it is extremely pompous and worth seeing) I departed from Venice …
Unsurprisingly, Evelyn had been shopping books and works of art, but also treacle made with extremely pompous ceremony.
The treacle was Venice treacle, one of the main export articles of the Republic of Venice.
#1600s #Medicine #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/miracle-cure-or-snake-oil/
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Miracle cure or snake oil?
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:
Having packed up my purchases of books, pictures, casts, treacle, &c., (the making and extraordinary ceremony whereof I had been curious to observe, for it is extremely pompous and worth seeing) I departed from Venice …
Unsurprisingly, Evelyn had been shopping books and works of art, but also treacle made with extremely pompous ceremony.
The treacle was Venice treacle, one of the main export articles of the Republic of Venice.
#1600s #Medicine #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/miracle-cure-or-snake-oil/
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Naumachia, from "L'orologio del piacere", Italy 1685.
Full book here: https://archive.org/details/lorologiodelpiac00picc/mode/1up
#ships #illustration #1600s #book #PublicDomain #PublicDomainBook #Italy
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Naumachia, from "L'orologio del piacere", Italy 1685.
Full book here: https://archive.org/details/lorologiodelpiac00picc/mode/1up
#ships #illustration #1600s #book #PublicDomain #PublicDomainBook #Italy
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Naumachia, from "L'orologio del piacere", Italy 1685.
Full book here: https://archive.org/details/lorologiodelpiac00picc/mode/1up
#ships #illustration #1600s #book #PublicDomain #PublicDomainBook #Italy
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"Man Writing a Letter" by Gabriël Metsu (c. 1664-1666) #classicalart #oilpainting #1600s
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Episode 21 — The Plague Doctor
The plague doctor, long black cloak, pointy fingers, beaked mask with empty eyes. A giant black raven, the harbinger of a terrible death.
We all know that image. It is part of our culture and mythology. That was how medieval plague doctors looked, right?
Well, guess who didn't know about the beaked plague doctor? The plague doctors of the 1500s and 1600s didn't know about the beaked plague doctor.
Yet, they were him. Or were they?
#1500s #1600s #Plague #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/podcast/episode-21-the-plague-doctor/
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Episode 21 — The Plague Doctor
The plague doctor, long black cloak, pointy fingers, beaked mask with empty eyes. A giant black raven, the harbinger of a terrible death.
We all know that image. It is part of our culture and mythology. That was how medieval plague doctors looked, right?
Well, guess who didn't know about the beaked plague doctor? The plague doctors of the 1500s and 1600s didn't know about the beaked plague doctor.
Yet, they were him. Or were they?
#1500s #1600s #Plague #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/podcast/episode-21-the-plague-doctor/
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Episode 21 — The Plague Doctor
The plague doctor, long black cloak, pointy fingers, beaked mask with empty eyes. A giant black raven, the harbinger of a terrible death.
We all know that image. It is part of our culture and mythology. That was how medieval plague doctors looked, right?
Well, guess who didn't know about the beaked plague doctor? The plague doctors of the 1500s and 1600s didn't know about the beaked plague doctor.
Yet, they were him. Or were they?
#1500s #1600s #Plague #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/podcast/episode-21-the-plague-doctor/
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Episode 21 — The Plague Doctor
The plague doctor, long black cloak, pointy fingers, beaked mask with empty eyes. A giant black raven, the harbinger of a terrible death.
We all know that image. It is part of our culture and mythology. That was how medieval plague doctors looked, right?
Well, guess who didn't know about the beaked plague doctor? The plague doctors of the 1500s and 1600s didn't know about the beaked plague doctor.
Yet, they were him. Or were they?
#1500s #1600s #Plague #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/podcast/episode-21-the-plague-doctor/
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The well-known image of the plague doctor with the beaked mask don't really have a lot of support in our sources. Did he even exist?
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During the 1400s, Venice had created defences against the recurring outbreaks of the plague, and they kept Venice mostly safe for the following centuries. Mostly safe.
