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	<p>When the Venetians founded the city in the fifth century, Venice's canals already existed, but were further developed when maritime trade became much more prevalent in the ninth through the 12th centuries. The boats have always served as the main mode of transportation among Venice and its surrounding islands. Many of these canals are decorated with inscriptions, each one documenting various bits of history, including political views, religious views, laws, and acts of vandalism or graffiti. The authors of the inscriptions have a mix of languages, as some wrote in the general language and others in the vernacular language. The canals were a popular place for inscriptions, as many inscription writers intended for them to be visible to everyone.</p>		<p>When the Venetians founded the city in the fifth century, Venice's canals already existed, but were further developed when maritime trade became much more prevalent in the ninth through the 12th centuries. The boats have always served as the main mode of transportation among Venice and its surrounding islands. Many of these canals are decorated with inscriptions, each one documenting various bits of history, including political views, religious views, laws, and acts of vandalism or graffiti. The authors of the inscriptions have a mix of languages, as some wrote in the general language and others in the vernacular language. The canals were a popular place for inscriptions, as many inscription writers intended for them to be visible to everyone.</p>
	<p>Many of the older inscriptions in the streets of Venice* are of Roman origin. The more modern inscriptions are written in Italian, which is the main language spoken currently in Venice. However, this does not necessarily mean they are all in Latin or Italian. Languages such as Hebrew are extremely prevalent in areas of Venice, specifically the Jewish Ghetto. Most documented inscriptions in the streets of the Jewish Ghetto were presented in Hebrew ~~(Lightfoot, 2009)~~. Furthermore, some inscriptions appear in local dialects such as Venetian, a language that evolved from late Latin ~~{citation}~~</p>		<p>Many of the older inscriptions in the streets of Venice* are of Roman origin. The more modern inscriptions are written in Italian, which is the main language spoken currently in Venice. However, this does not necessarily mean they are all in Latin or Italian. Languages such as Hebrew are extremely prevalent in areas of Venice, specifically the Jewish Ghetto. Most documented inscriptions in the streets of the Jewish Ghetto were presented in Hebrew. Furthermore, some inscriptions appear in local dialects such as Venetian, a language that evolved from late Latin.</p>

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-As inscriptions host so much information there are common tags and categories across them all. Some of these tags include...
+<p>Since inscriptions are talk about numerous different things, there were common categories that we found amongst the 758 inscriptions.</p>
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	Venetian Inscriptions: Vernacular Writing for Public Display in Medieval and Renaissance Venice. Ronnie Ferguson. Italian Perspectives 50. Cambridge: Legenda, 2021. x + 424 pp. £80.		1. Venetian Inscriptions: Vernacular Writing for Public Display in Medieval and Renaissance Venice. Ronnie Ferguson. Italian Perspectives 50. Cambridge: Legenda, 2021. x + 424 pp. £80.<div class="csl-bib-body"><div class="csl-entry">2. Nevola, F. (2023). Venetian Inscriptions: Vernacular Writing for Public Display in Medieval and Renaissance Venice. Ronnie Ferguson. Italian Perspectives 50. Cambridge:</div><div class="csl-entry">3. Legenda, 2021. x + 424 pp. £80. ''Renaissance Quarterly'', ''76''(1), 329–330.[https://doi.org/10.1017/rqx.2023.178 https://doi.org/10.1017/rqx.2023.178]<div class="csl-bib-body"><div class="csl-entry">Lightfoot, C. S. (2009, February 1). ''Roman Inscriptions—The Metropolitan Museum of Art''.[https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/roman-inscriptions https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/roman-inscriptions]

			4. Larsen, A. S., Navien, T. T., Riley, P. E., & Foley, M. P. (2008, December 12). ''Preserving Venetian Heritage''. Worcester Polytechnic Institute.<div class="csl-bib-body"><span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fzotero.org%3A2&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.type=webpage&rft.title=Preserving%20Venetian%20Heritage&rft.description=On%20December%201st%2C%202008%20156cm%20of%20water%20flooded%20Venice%2C%20threatening%20to%20repeat%20the%20devastation%20of%20the%20flood%20of%201966.%20Our%20project%20published%2C%20in%20an%20engaging%20web%20format%2C%20comprehensive%20information%2C%20such%20as%20condition%2C%20about%20the%20vast%20collection%20of%20art%20endangered%20by%20natural%20and%20man-made%20threats.%20We%20followed%20best%20practices%20for%20web-design%20and%20features%20from%20other%20conservation-%20and%20community-oriented%20websites.%20The%20resulting%20PreserVenice.org%20website%20will%20help%20preserve%20the%204%2C376%20pieces%20of%20art%20that%20delineate%20Venice%20and%20are%20integral%20to%20Venice's%20cultural%20infrastructure.&rft.aufirst=Alexander%20Scott&rft.aulast=Larsen&rft.au=Alexander%20Scott%20Larsen&rft.au=Timothy%20Thomas%20Navien&rft.au=Phoebe%20Elizabeth%20Riley&rft.au=Meagan%20P.%20Foley&rft.date=2008-12-12"></span></div></div><span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fzotero.org%3A2&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.type=webpage&rft.title=Roman%20Inscriptions%20-%20The%20Metropolitan%20Museum%20of%20Art&rft.description=The%20variety%20of%20media%20used%20for%20%5BRoman%5D%20inscriptions%20(stone%2C%20metal%2C%20pottery%2C%20mosaic%2C%C2%A0fresco%2C%20glass%2C%20wood%2C%20and%20papyrus)%20is%20matched%20by%20the%20diverse%20ways%20in%20which%20the%20inscriptions%20themselves%20were%20used.&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.metmuseum.org%2Fessays%2Froman-inscriptions&rft.aufirst=Christopher%20S.&rft.aulast=Lightfoot&rft.au=Christopher%20S.%20Lightfoot&rft.date=2009-02-01&rft.language=en"></span></div></div><span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fzotero.org%3A2&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1017%2Frqx.2023.178&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Venetian%20Inscriptions%3A%20Vernacular%20Writing%20for%20Public%20Display%20in%20Medieval%20and%20Renaissance%20Venice.%20Ronnie%20Ferguson.%20Italian%20Perspectives%2050.%20Cambridge%3A%20Legenda%2C%202021.%20x%20%2B%20424%20pp.%20%C2%A380.&rft.jtitle=Renaissance%20Quarterly&rft.volume=76&rft.issue=1&rft.aufirst=Fabrizio&rft.aulast=Nevola&rft.au=Fabrizio%20Nevola&rft.date=2023-03&rft.pages=329-330&rft.spage=329&rft.epage=330&rft.issn=0034-4338%2C%201935-0236&rft.language=en"></span></div>

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	Venetian Inscriptions: Vernacular Writing for Public Display in Medieval and Renaissance Venice. Ronnie Ferguson. Italian Perspectives 50. Cambridge: Legenda, 2021. x + 424 pp. £80.		Venetian Inscriptions: Vernacular Writing for Public Display in Medieval and Renaissance Venice. Ronnie Ferguson. Italian Perspectives 50. Cambridge: Legenda, 2021. x + 424 pp. £80.

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	<p>When the Venetians founded the city in the fifth century, Venice's canals already existed, but were further developed when maritime trade became much more prevalent in the ninth through the 12th centuries. The boats have always served as the main mode of transportation among Venice and its surrounding islands. Many of these canals are decorated with inscriptions, each one documenting various bits of history, including political views, religious views, laws, and acts of vandalism or graffiti. The authors of the inscriptions have a mix of languages, as some wrote in the general language and others in the vernacular language. The canals were a popular place for inscriptions, as many inscription writers intended for them to be visible to everyone.</p>		<p>When the Venetians founded the city in the fifth century, Venice's canals already existed, but were further developed when maritime trade became much more prevalent in the ninth through the 12th centuries. The boats have always served as the main mode of transportation among Venice and its surrounding islands. Many of these canals are decorated with inscriptions, each one documenting various bits of history, including political views, religious views, laws, and acts of vandalism or graffiti. The authors of the inscriptions have a mix of languages, as some wrote in the general language and others in the vernacular language. The canals were a popular place for inscriptions, as many inscription writers intended for them to be visible to everyone.</p>
			<p>Many of the older inscriptions in the streets of Venice* are of Roman origin. The more modern inscriptions are written in Italian, which is the main language spoken currently in Venice. However, this does not necessarily mean they are all in Latin or Italian. Languages such as Hebrew are extremely prevalent in areas of Venice, specifically the Jewish Ghetto. Most documented inscriptions in the streets of the Jewish Ghetto were presented in Hebrew (Lightfoot, 2009). Furthermore, some inscriptions appear in local dialects such as Venetian, a language that evolved from late Latin {citation}</p>

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	<p>This page contains information about a typical Venetian inscriptions</p>		<p>This page contains information about a typical Venetian inscriptions</p>
	<p>For a list of inscriptions, see [https://wiki.cityknowledge.org/index.php/Inscriptions Inscriptions].</p>		<p>For a list of inscriptions, see [https://wiki.cityknowledge.org/index.php/Inscriptions Inscriptions].</p>
	<p>An inscription can go by many names in Italian, inscrizione and lapidi being amongst the many common names, are engraved writings carved, etched or pressed onto a hard, durable surface such as stone, metal, wood, or the walls of buildings. Because the intention for inscriptions is to last for a very long time, they usually carry messages considered important enough to preserve. They are also often found in public spaces as the creators deemed it important for everyone to see.</p>		<p>An inscription can go by many names in Italian, ''inscrizione'' and ''lapidi ''being amongst the many common names, are engraved writings carved, etched or pressed onto a hard, durable surface such as stone, metal, wood, or the walls of buildings. Because the intention for inscriptions is to last for a very long time, they usually carry messages considered important enough to preserve. They are also often found in public spaces as the creators deemed it important for everyone to see.</p>
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	== Background ==		== Background ==
	<p>When the Venetians founded the city in the fifth century, Venice's canals already existed, but were further developed when maritime trade became much more prevalent in the ninth through the 12th centuries. The boats have always served as the main mode of transportation among Venice and its surrounding islands. Many of these canals are decorated with inscriptions, each one documenting various bits of history, including political views, religious views, laws, and acts of vandalism or graffiti. The authors of the inscriptions have a mix of languages, as some wrote in the general language and others in the vernacular language. The canals were a popular place for inscriptions, as many inscription writers intended for them to be visible to everyone.</p>		<p>When the Venetians founded the city in the fifth century, Venice's canals already existed, but were further developed when maritime trade became much more prevalent in the ninth through the 12th centuries. The boats have always served as the main mode of transportation among Venice and its surrounding islands. Many of these canals are decorated with inscriptions, each one documenting various bits of history, including political views, religious views, laws, and acts of vandalism or graffiti. The authors of the inscriptions have a mix of languages, as some wrote in the general language and others in the vernacular language. The canals were a popular place for inscriptions, as many inscription writers intended for them to be visible to everyone.</p>

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	<p>This page contains information about a typical Venetian inscriptions</p><p>For a list of inscriptions, see [https://wiki.cityknowledge.org/index.php/Inscriptions Inscriptions].</p><p>An inscription can go by many names in Italian, inscrizione and lapidi being amongst the many common names, are engraved writings carved, etched or pressed onto a hard, durable surface such as stone, metal, wood, or the walls of buildings. Because the intention for inscriptions is to last for a very long time, they usually carry messages considered important enough to preserve. They are also often found in public spaces as the creators deemed it important for everyone to see.</p><p>Contents</p>		<p>This page contains information about a typical Venetian inscriptions</p>
	*1		<p>For a list of inscriptions, see [https://wiki.cityknowledge.org/index.php/Inscriptions Inscriptions].</p>
	*Background		<p>An inscription can go by many names in Italian, inscrizione and lapidi being amongst the many common names, are engraved writings carved, etched or pressed onto a hard, durable surface such as stone, metal, wood, or the walls of buildings. Because the intention for inscriptions is to last for a very long time, they usually carry messages considered important enough to preserve. They are also often found in public spaces as the creators deemed it important for everyone to see.</p>
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	<p>~~<br>~~</p>		<p>When the Venetians founded the city in the fifth century, Venice's canals already existed, but were further developed when maritime trade became much more prevalent in the ninth through the 12th centuries. The boats have always served as the main mode of transportation among Venice and its surrounding islands. Many of these canals are decorated with inscriptions, each one documenting various bits of history, including political views, religious views, laws, and acts of vandalism or graffiti. The authors of the inscriptions have a mix of languages, as some wrote in the general language and others in the vernacular language. The canals were a popular place for inscriptions, as many inscription writers intended for them to be visible to everyone.</p>

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	1. Venetian Inscriptions: Vernacular Writing for Public Display in Medieval and Renaissance Venice. Ronnie Ferguson. Italian Perspectives 50. Cambridge: Legenda, 2021. x + 424 pp. £80.<div class="csl-bib-body"><div class="csl-entry">2. Nevola, F. (2023). Venetian Inscriptions: Vernacular Writing for Public Display in Medieval and Renaissance Venice. Ronnie Ferguson. Italian Perspectives 50. Cambridge:</div><div class="csl-entry">3. Legenda, 2021. x + 424 pp. £80. ''Renaissance Quarterly'', ''76''(1), 329–330.[https://doi.org/10.1017/rqx.2023.178 https://doi.org/10.1017/rqx.2023.178]<div class="csl-bib-body"><div class="csl-entry">Lightfoot, C. S. (2009, February 1). ''Roman Inscriptions—The Metropolitan Museum of Art''.[https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/roman-inscriptions https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/roman-inscriptions]		1. Venetian Inscriptions: Vernacular Writing for Public Display in Medieval and Renaissance Venice. Ronnie Ferguson. Italian Perspectives 50. Cambridge: Legenda, 2021. x + 424 pp. £80.<div class="csl-bib-body"><div class="csl-entry">2. Nevola, F. (2023). Venetian Inscriptions: Vernacular Writing for Public Display in Medieval and Renaissance Venice. Ronnie Ferguson. Italian Perspectives 50. Cambridge:</div><div class="csl-entry">3. Legenda, 2021. x + 424 pp. £80. ''Renaissance Quarterly'', ''76''(1), 329–330.[https://doi.org/10.1017/rqx.2023.178 https://doi.org/10.1017/rqx.2023.178]<div class="csl-bib-body"><div class="csl-entry">Lightfoot, C. S. (2009, February 1). ''Roman Inscriptions—The Metropolitan Museum of Art''.[https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/roman-inscriptions https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/roman-inscriptions]