Description
"BOCCA DI LEONE" Rare stone denunciation mouth carved in low relief where a fantastic animal mask in the lower part is pierced by the mouth and is surmounted by the engraved inscription "DNCIE CONTRA LA SANITA SESTIER DE OSSO DVRO". For reporting violations of health regulations. Venice, Dorsoduro district, 15th century. Height: 70 cm - Width: 75 cm Depth : 15 cm (Minor visible damage) Bocche di Leone" were special boxes built into the walls of the city of Venice to collect secret denunciations for the magistrates. The name derives from the fact that these containers were often carved on the outside with the face of a lion (the symbol of Venice) with large open jaws. A sign indicated the type of complaint for which they were intended. The first "Bocche di Leone" were introduced in 1310 after Baiamonte Tiepolo's attempted coup d'état.
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"BOCCA DI LEONE" Rare stone denunciation mouth carved in low relief where a fantastic animal mask in the lower part is pierced by the mouth and is surmounted by the engraved inscription "DNCIE CONTRA LA SANITA SESTIER DE OSSO DVRO". For reporting violations of health regulations. Venice, Dorsoduro district, 15th century. Height: 70 cm - Width: 75 cm Depth : 15 cm (Minor visible damage) Bocche di Leone" were special boxes built into the walls of the city of Venice to collect secret denunciations for the magistrates. The name derives from the fact that these containers were often carved on the outside with the face of a lion (the symbol of Venice) with large open jaws. A sign indicated the type of complaint for which they were intended. The first "Bocche di Leone" were introduced in 1310 after Baiamonte Tiepolo's attempted coup d'état.
