Blood Passover

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Candia = Venetian Crete Serenissima = the city of Venice Veneto = region northeast of Venice Mestre = closest mainland city to Venice Podestà = magistrate Ratisbona = Regensburg, Germany Salamoncino, Simonino, Simoncino = diminutives of Solomon, Simon. Avogaria di Comun = similar to district prosecutor’s office We have semi-Italianized the names of certain German Jews living in Italy. Ex.: Samuele da Nuremberg. This is to distinguish them from Germans living in Germany, ex.: Andrea of Rinn.

ON THE TRANSLATION :

Prof. Toaff writes with a very large vocabulary, using many words from the Veneziano and Veneto dialects.

His sources include not only the modern derivative literature in English, French, Italian, French and German, but the original documentation in Hebrew, Yiddish, Latin and medieval Italian, sometimes a thousand years old.

He does not translate or italicize the medieval Latin or Italian in his footnotes. These are sometimes in a mixture of languages as well.

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