Book Title: Fasti ducales ab Anafesto I. ad Silvestrum Valerium Venetorum ducem cum eorum iconibus, insignibus, nummismatibus publicis, & privatis aere sculptis: inscriptionibus ex aula M. Consilii, ac sepulchralibus. Adiectae sunt adnotationes, ad vitam cuiusque principis, rerum, quae omissae fuerant; studio Ioannis Palatii ...

Author: Palazzi, Giovanni, b. 1640?

Image Title: Portrait and Medals of Girolamo Priuli

Description: A portrait of Venetian Doge Girolamo Priuli (c. 1486-1567), who reigned from 1559 to 1567, succeeding his brother Lorenzo. His coat of arms is divided horizontally into halves, and the bottom half contains a pattern of vertical stripes. This page contains five coin-medals: The first, a four-cent piece, depicts Doge Priuli humbly accepting the Venetian Republic’s banner from the standing Saint Mark, and Jesus standing on a small platform. The legend reads “Lavs tibi soli.” (“Praise only to you”). The second medal, an osella, resembles the first but replaces the figure of Jesus with a Latin inscription, “Salvtis anno 1559 et ab vrbe condita 1139,” which refers to 421, the date traditionally ascribed to Venice’s founding. The third medal contains a bust of Priuli and a portrait of Alvise Diedo, who served as Primicerio of Saint Mark from 1563 until his death in 1603. The fourth medal (exterior faces on the bottom row) resembles the third, but replaces Diedo with a depiction of Saint Justina of Padua, who sits crowned. She watches over a galley, bearing a laurel branch in her right hand, and a sword in her breast. The inner caption reads “Adria. regi. mari.” The final coin (interior faces on the bottom row), commissioned after Priuli’s death, contains a bust of the Doge and an inscription summarizing Priuli’s eight-year tenure: “I. P. An. VIII. Me. II. Di. IIII. Obi. A. MDLXVII. M. N. D. IIII”.

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