Fasti ducales ab Anafesto I. ad Silvestrum Valerium Venetorum ducem : cum eorum iconibus, insignibus, nummismatibus publicis, & privatis aere sculptis : inscriptionibus ex aula M. Consilii, ac sepulchralibus : adiectae sunt adnotationes, ad vitam cuiusque principis, rerum, quae omissae fuerant
Fasti ducales is a 1696 Venetian book by Giovanni Palazzi, printed by Girolamo Albrizzi, cataloguing the doges of Venice from Anafestus to Silvestro Valier with engraved portraits and coins. Its pages are arranged as oval head-and-shoulders portraits of each doge in ornate ceremonial headgear, set beside small engraved seals, coins and heraldic shields. A designer might take the oval medallion framing, the stiff formal poses, and the dense cross-hatched line engraving of cloth and fur as models for historical portrait layouts.
