The Venetian constitution

Several recent Venetian Stories and many other posts on the History Walks Venice website have touched on legal issues: laws around prostitution and fun-loving nuns, but also issues like legal protections for inventors and just keeping order in general.

One particularity shared by these stories is that the people and institutions making the laws were the same as those who enforced the laws and who judged transgressions of the same laws.

#1200s #1300s #1400s #1500s #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice

Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/the-venetian-constitution/

Jacopo Tiepolo

Of the tombs of the 120 doges of the Venetian Republic, many of the early burials are lost.

One of the earliest surviving tombs is not of one doge, but of two.

It is also by far the easiest to see, and probably the least noticed. In short, one of those Venetian treasures — hidden in plain view — which everybody sees, but few notices.

The sarcophagus is located on the façade of the Basilica dei SS Giovanni e Paolo in the Sestiere Castello.

It is the burial of Jacopo Tiepolo, the 43rd doge of Venice, and of his son, Lorenzo Tiepolo, the 46th doge.

#1200s #RepublicOfVenice #Venezia #Venice

Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/jacopo-tiepolo/

Fashion, c1215

Isabelle d'Angoulême (pictured) was the second wife of King John. In her own right, she was Countess of Angoulême and Countess of La Marche.

#Fashion #Medieval #Art #Clothes #1200s

Dad and I went over to wee cafe at Campsie Glen, so I also had wander around ruins of Saint Machan's Kirkyard. Probably dating from 1200s, abandoned in 1828 for a new kirk, nestled at foot of the Campsie Hills.

#Scotland #History #cemetery #campsieglen #boneyard #graveyard #abandoned #abandonedplaces #ruin #church #eglise #1200s #ecosse #campsiehills #architecture #SaintMachans

So in case anyone was unclear on why I was studying random disembodied parts of -real- humans, it's to get better at painting -imaginary- humans

Pretty pleased with progress so far, but there's still so much left to learn!

#warlockd #corcaroli #margo #medieval #mastoart #creativetoot #1200s #paris #france