A detail of the previous painting, showing the head of the procession. The great guardian of the Scuola della Passione walks under a canopy carrying the relic of the blood of Christ, between two lines of officials of the Scuola della Passione, each with a very long candle.

**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 […]

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Casino Mastroserio

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Masseria Pelliciano Fajano


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Torre Forlazzo

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Biketouring Nearby (@Biketouring.Nearby@pixelfed.social) Masseria Lamichelangelo #biketouring #discover #italy #explore #countryside #aesthetic #cycling #photography #abandoned #architecture #centuriesold #buildings #decay #abandonedplaces #1600s #1700s #1...

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A monochrome print of a street scene with two bulls. In the foreground, a woman (on the right) with her dress hitched up and wearing flat shoes, holds a rope tied to the horns of a bull, while a man (on the left) drags away a large, agitated dog. Behind them, two other men hold ropes tied to the horns of the same bull. In the background, a man and a woman, her skirt hitched up, run after a bull, holding on to ropes tied to the bull's horns. A dog is attacking the running bull.

**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 […]

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Masseria Lamichelangelo

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The Place (comic)- part 3/4

Fidelity’s father comes looking for her

✨ Also literally just realized I should’ve been quote posting these 💀

#OCsky #comic #wlw #QueerArt #1600s

1606.

#illustration #woodengraving #1600s #alchemy #esoterica

Biketouring Nearby (@Biketouring.Nearby@pixelfed.social) Torre dell' Orco #biketouring #discover #italy #explore #countryside #aesthetic #cycling #photography #abandoned #architecture #centuriesold #buildings #decay #abandonedplaces #1600s #1700s #1800s ...

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Torre dell' Orco

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In what might be a church, a seated man in shadow regards a number of strange creatures, prominently a white goat on its hind legs. A skeletal fowl dances on what might be a pulpit and above in a gallery weird, elephantine creature chases another.

Weird picture of the day: 'Interior With Mythical Creatures' by Cornelis Saftleven, 1600s.
#weird #weirdart #sorcery #magick #mythology #demons #goat #1600s

Painting from the 1490s of a religious procession in Piazza San Marco, with the words Venetian Stories across

**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 […]

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Blue monochrome OC comic set in puritan colonial America. Panel 1: Fidelity looks down solemnly while Azaliah gazes up at the sky. Azaliah: ‘Tis a lovely thought, the sermon today. Fidelity: I am glad it gave thee comfort, Azaliah. Panels 2 and 3: Azaliah looks down at Fidelity, worried. Azaliah: Fidelity, dost thou… feel not the same? Panel 4: Close up of the blackberries Fidelity is holding in her apron. Fidelity: ‘Tis only I fear… there be not such place for me. Panels 5 and 6: Stopping in a sun spot shining in through the trees, Azaliah surprises Fidelity with a kiss.

The Place (comic)- part 2/4

Go for it Azaliah!

#OCsky #comic #wlw #QueerArt #1600s

Blue monochrome OC comic set in puritan colonial America. Panel 1: a preacher with a long cloak and pilgrim hat points to his parish from the pulpit. All the women have bonnets. Preacher: You must work to banish the adversary from your minds with haste my brothers and sisters, with haste! Panels 2 and 3: Fidelity, a stocky freckles girl sneaks a glance at Azaliah behind her, a taller girl with a curl peaking out of her bonnet. Preacher: For God hath prepared a place for thee. Yes, thee! Panel 4: Fidelity and Azaliah walk together between a stream and a blackberry thicket.

The Place (comic)- part 1/4

The world needs more 1600s puritan era lesbians, lowkey

#OCsky #comic #wlw #QueerArt #1600s

Workers pounding the ingredients for theriac in large mortars

**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 […]

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Interestingly, after Symon Horne died, Rebekkah married a widower whose wife had died by “mysterious” means.

It was speculated that witchcraft might have been to blame. She was not a suspect, but she would have known about the rumor.

#1600s #witches #Salem #history

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Painting from the 1490s of a religious procession in Piazza San Marco, with the words Venetian Stories across

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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Fire Sword and the Crime of Womanhood What if piracy wasn’t lawless—but legal? What if the most dangerous thing a woman could do in the 1600s was choose?In this release-week episode of Write of Passage, Vanessa Riley celebrates the launch of her 29th novel, Fire Sword and Sea—a muscular, immersive historical epic about Caribbean women pirates, integrated crews, secret empires, and the global powers history books left out.Meet Jacquotte Delahaye, Bahati, Lizzôa, Sarah Sayon, and a crew of women who resisted forced marriages, brutal labor, respectability politics, and silence itself. Set in a world where Spain and the Muslim Mughal Empire held the gold—and piracy was sanctioned—this novel reveals how women survived, strategized, and chose freedom when the cost was everything.Vanessa reflects on the two-and-a-half-year journey to publication, the battles behind the scenes, the power of libraries and independent bookstores, and why stories of resistance matter now more than ever.Fire Sword and Sea is available January 13, 2026—everywhere books are sold. Ask for it at your library. Join the tour. Read their truth. Keywords: Fire Sword and Sea, Vanessa Riley, Caribbean women pirates, Black pirates, historical fiction podcast, women and resistance, piracy history, 1600s Caribbean, Mughal Empire history, Spain gold empire, integrated pirate crews, feminist historical fiction, Write of Passage podcast, book release week, censorship in publishing, women choosing freedom, libraries and resistance, Black women in history

📣 New Podcast! "Fire Sword and the Crime of Womanhood" on @Spreaker #1600s #and #black #caribbean #empire #fiction #fire #historical #history #mughal #piracy #pirates #podcast #resistance #riley #sea #spain #sword #vanessa #women

I’m watching this fun docuseries on Amazon Prime.

It’s historically accurate, except for some actors having beards or facial hair when they shouldn’t.

Here’s the first episode.🩷

#USHistory #history #1600s #1700s #1800s #1900s #historian #education

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It shows a mother feeding her child, while her husband stands nearby. Magdalena Ventura with Her Husband and Son by Jusepe de Ribera (1631)

This is Magdalena Ventura with Her Husband and Son by Jusepe de Ribera (1631).

Magdalena Ventura began growing facial hair in her thirties, which led to a full beard by age fifty-two. The artist painted her breastfeeding her child.

Thoughts?

#1600s #art #paintings #feminism #women #history

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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But it had such a lovely sounding name. 🥹 👉👈

Aqua Tofana would've been extremely popular in the Victorian era.

#Baroque #1600s #poison #women #feminism #history #Italy

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gone foraging !

#ocart #darkfantasy #1600s #17thcentury #characterdesign

1640.

#illustration #1600s #woodcut

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.

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Warning‼️There is blood in the second picture‼️I’ve been having a blast drawing my haunted hotel oc Auriel, so here’s some more drawings of her! #art #oc #originalcharacter #hauntedhotel #angelsona #trueform #1700s #the #outfit #looks #like #1600s #but #whatever #ill #go #with #what #the #shiw #says

Dave Dodo and Eggy Rat
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