Today's photo is a little unusual, I hope. This tombstone is in one of the cloisters of San Francesco della Vigna. It is the grave of the gastaldo, or leader, of the calafai (ship-caulkers) of the Arsenale. The bas-relief shows a ship of the time, shored up in dry-dock. I think the fact that this man was worthy of such a tomb shows the respect that was accorded to workers in the Arsenale.
