# Della militia maritima [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, Italian]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Manuscript \(It. IV. 50\) ## Commentary Della militia maritima 1560 Manuscript \(It. IV. 50\) Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice This manuscript contains 'Della militia maritima' \(On the maritime militia\), a treatise on marine administration and naval techniques, written by Cristoforo Canal \(1512-1562\), a Venetian naval commander. Besides being an expert seaman, he was also a cultivated and studious man. On folio 96 of the manuscript is shown Canal's ideal galley. ## Related artworks - [Alessandro Cortesi: Poem]() - [Antiphonary]() - [Antiphonary]() - [Antiphonary]() - [Antiphoner]() - [Antiphoner]() - [Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics]() - [Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics]() - [Armiranda]() - [Aulus Gellius: Noctes Atticae]() - [Averulino: On the Architecture]() - [Baldo Martorelli: Grammar]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()