Saturday, August 8

 

In Re: Venice


"We have also found it convenient to translate the "pax tibi" part of what is written on the [Venetian] lion's open book (Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus...) as, "Oh, chill out."

--Judith Martin, No Vulgar Hotel: The Desire and Pursuit of Venice, p. 91

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