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 Francesco Morosini

Description: A portrait of Venetian Doge Francesco Morosini (1619-1694), who reigned from 1688 to 1694, after a long and distinguished career as an admiral. This page contains all six of Morosini’s annual osellas, which depict on their obverse the Doge accepting the Venetian Republic’s banner from Saint Mark. The reverses hold the main differences between yearly editions. The reverse of Morosini’s first osella depicts a Greek woman in a simple dress kneels with broken chains dangling from her arms; a palm appears in the background, with broken chains hanging from its trunk. The legend “Peloponnesvs restitvta” chronicles the return of the Peloponnese to Venice after two centuries of Ottoman dominance. The second osella’s reverse features a sheathed sword, tip pointing upwards, surrounded by the motto “Ictv non abstinet,” which is further encircled by two palm branches. The sheathed sword appears in the third osella, this time placed horizontally with a belt draped atop it. Above the sword is an ornate Turkish headdress. The legend reads “Non alia frvitvr victoria lavde.” The fourth osella depicts the hero doge Morosini in a general’s regalia, perched atop a pedestal surrounded with banners. The legend reads “Mavroc. Peloponesiaco Viventi. S. C.” (“Morosini, the living Peloponnesian”). The fifth osella features the armored arm of a soldier who grasps a dagger and arrows of various types. The legend exclaims “Qvem non exercvit arcvm.” Morosini’s final osella features four general’s berettas and four batons, topped by a ducal cap. The image refers to Morosini’s fourth term as military commander, which began in 1693. The legend comments on Morosini’s honored career: “Virtvtem vestigat et vltro ambit honos.” Mintmasters Alvise Grimani, Paolo Pisani, Giuseppe Basegolo, Gerolamo Malipiero, and Zuane da Riva have placed their monograms on the osellas for which they were responsible.

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