The Zenith of the Dogaressa--A grand religious
Function--The Ritual--Dogaressa Marina Galina-Steno’s
“_Gran Mercè_”--Venice the Conqueror--_Compagnia della
Calza_--_Cacci del Toro_--Sumptuous Dresses--Wooden
Pattens--_Zelve_--Pageants--_Uno Balordo_--A Doge
with an Iron Will--A Disputed Election--A Brave
Dogaressa--The Tragedy of Giacomo Foscari--The
longest _Dogado_--Quaint Wedding-customs--A Leg of
Mutton--A Magnificent Trousseau--Torture and Exile--A
Bitter Enemy--“He has Paid the Debt!”--An injured
Dogaressa--Dogaressa Giovanna Dandolo-Malipiero,
Patroness of Printing and Lace-making--The First
Published Book--_Buranelle_--Patriarchal Doges and
Dogaressas--Cheapness--Young Cavaliers’ Long Hair--Good
Dogaressa Cristina Sanudo-Moro--An Opulent Doge--Dogaressa
Dea--“The Venus of the Century!”--Who was Donna Laura
Nogarola? 167–209