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Descriptive Information

Title

Famiglie nobili di Venezia

Description

This miniscule manuscript measuring less than 10 cm, made some time after 1616, lists members of approximately 139 noble Venetian families. It is a working register of sorts: a typical entry lists the head of the household and his father's name, sometimes with names of his wife and children. While birth dates would be included, death dates might be added later, as they occurred. This manuscript was likely owned by a member of the Mocenigo family, as their coat of arms is hand colored on the first page. The Mocenigo family produced seven Doges of Venice—chief magistrate and leader of the Republic—over several centuries.

Call Number (click link to view in library catalog)

CAV 139

Full Title

Famiglie nobili di Venezia.

Date

not before 1616

From the Exhibit

Building a Library: Genealogy and Heraldry

Location

[Venice]

Language

Italian

Rights

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Type

Text

Medium

Book

Bibliographic Citation

Famiglie nobili di Venezia. Venice, not before 1616.