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 Marcantonio Giustinian

Scripture Reference:

• Psalms 118 (further images / scripture text)

Description: A portrait of Venetian Doge Marcantonio Giustinian (1619-1688), who reigned from 1683 to 1688. His coat of arms contains a two-headed eagle, with a crown on each head and an oval-shaped emblem on the torso. All four of Giustinian’s osellas appear on this page. The obverses all depict Doge Giustinian humbly accepting the Venetian Republic’s banner from Saint Mark. The reverses, however, differ greatly in their designs. The first year’s reverse offers a view of Venice’s Piazza San Marco; above, an angel flies rightward, holding the ducal cap. Below, three galleons row near shore. The second year’s reverse depicts the winged lion of Saint Mark in rampant stance, wielding a sword against Turkish cavalry. The legend “Fortitvdo mea et lavs mea Dominus.” (“God is my strength and honor”) quotes scripture. The inscription at the bottom center is the Greek writing of Koroni, a Peloponnesian town, which the Holy League captured from the Ottomans in 1685. The third reverse depicts God hovering over the Peloponnesian peninsula in a cloud, from which he launches arrows at a crescent moon, an Islamic symbol. The legend “Donec orbata orbe” alludes to Muslim Turks’ possession of Christian Morea. At the bottom center, the inscription “Vicit leo” appears. The final reverse portrays the winged lion of Saint Mark in rampant stance, holding a single palm sheaf in one paw and a bunch of sheaves in the other. The legend reads “Et solvs et simvl,” and the mintmaster, Lunardo Pisani, has his initials placed at the bottom center.

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