Gaspara Stampa, Female Renaissance Poet
I found this ceramic plate a few years ago at a charity shop in Tufnell Park. The back of it is stamped and says that it comes from the Guerrieri workshop on the Murano island in Venice. The phrase “Vivere ardendo e non sentire il male” can be roughly translated as “To live in flames and never feel the pain.” It’s like what I talked about yesterday. I’ve been looking at this phrase for years…