Venetian Bucentaur?

[RichardG]

Are there any plans or kits of these remarkable vessels?........................

 

[Bela]

Edmont Paries
"The Great Age of Galleys and Galleasses"

Hinstorff-Verlag, Rostock 1973

In it, a Bucentoro is at least described and shown in several illustrations.

 

[Bela]

Page 82
Venetian Bucentoro 1777-1795

Ceremony of Marriage to the Sea.

Description of the Bucentoro.

Lower Deck

Upper Deck

https://d-nb.info/770454348/04

 

[RichardG]

Page 82
Venetian Bucentoro 1777-1795

Ceremony of Marriage to the Sea.

Description of the Bucentoro.

Lower Deck

Upper Deck

https://d-nb.info/770454348/04

Thank you Bela,
I have a friend in the antiquarian book trade, maybe he can help find one of these.

 

[Pit Ross]

There was more than one Bucintoro because they were rebuilt after some decades. Best detailed plans of last Bucintoro (the one dismantled by Napoleone Bonaparte at the conquest of Venice) from Gilberto Penzo of Venice, a master modeller and Venetian traditional ship writer, designer, restorer see his site:

Conservazione > Progetti e sistemi di progettazione > Catalogo dei piani di costruzione > Navi grosse

Bonaparte dismantled the ship to recover the gold from the goldfoiled sculptures. All the upper wood structure were burnt to save the gold. The cutted off hull survived some year used as a prison.

During the dismantling some volunteer boatmaster measured the ship in order to built a model that is still in Venetian Ships Museum, see the photos on his site. In 2004 was made a Foundation in order to rubuild this ship in full size, some parts were built, then the silence.
Technically the hull was a true Galea or Transport Galea.

 

[GIGI11011963]

Are there any plans or kits of these remarkable vessels?.................. Guido Ercole - I Bucintoro della Serenissima. The ceremonial state barges of the Venetian Republic. Gruppo modellistico trentino. You can find on Amazon

 

[Pit Ross]

Here an article by G. Penzo from an Italian magazine.
Pit