Add to ORKGIdentification of the bearer: Fantino Querini, knight of the Order of the Hospital of Saint John of JerusalemHistorical Notice: Venetian patrician house with a notable presence in the Greek seas, including three dukes of Crete (13th and 14th c.) and a rector of the islands Tinos and Mykonos (15th c.). A branch of the same family ruled for more than a century the insular county of Astypalaia (1413-1537), including also the island of Amorgos (1446-1537). This particular coat-of-arms belongs to the knight hospitaller Fantino Querini, preceptor (commander) of the islands of Kos, Kalymnos, Leros and Nisyros, between 1433 και 1452. Kos was occupied by the Hospitallers from the beginning of the 14th century to 1522.Notes: Photo Kostis Kallivretaki...