17th century Venetian busts and the Coat of Arms of some noble so called black Italian families…

17th century Venetian busts and the Coat of Arms of some noble so called black Italian families…

17th century Venetian busts and the Coat of Arms of some noble so called black Italian families…

1. DE NIGRIS DE BUFFIS – “Of the Blacks of Buffis”
2. NERINNI – “Little Blacks”
3. DE FANO – “Of Fano” (a town in Italy)
4. DE LISCHALIS DE LISEHATE – “Of the Liscalis of Lisehate” (likely a family name or place)
5. TURCHI – “Turks”
6. BABILONICI – “Babylonians”
7. SARACINI – “Saracens” (a historical term for Muslims or Arabs in medieval�Europe)
8. PUCCI – “Pucci” (a family name)

Yes, I say “so called” black because “black” is not a Race, ethnicity nor is it a bloodline, it’s just a color…

To say that these individuals are just “Moors” is an extreme oversimplification…

The ancestry of medieval Europeans is complex and cannot be attributed solely to one group…

Many of these medieval Europeans were descendants of the indigenous populations that lived in Europe long before major migrations, including those from the Neolithic period and the Bronze Age…