 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - vaHedeni vakagamuchira zvimwe zvinhu zveEast, kusanganisira Byzantine Greek Empire, pamwe nevamwe vanobatana neVenice muNorth Africa neLevant. Venice yakanga ine ukama hwakasimbiswa kwenguva refu neMediterranean yokumabvazuva. Musande Mako, mutsigiri weVenice, aibva kuguta reEgipita reAlexandria, uye muzinda wetsika nomudzimu weVenice - chechi yeSan Marco - yakavakwa mukuremekedzwa kwake uye seimba yake yokufungira mumutauro wechiGiriki weByzantine. Kunyange zvazvo Constantinople yakawakuvaTurkey yeOttoman muna 1453, nyika yeGreek Byzantine yakanga ine pesvedzero inopfuurira paunyanzvi hweVenetian netsika sezvo chiverengero chakati chavaKristu vechiGiriki chakatiza kutonga kwechiMuslim. Apa ndipo apo Gentile akapenda mufananidzo waMambokadzi Caterina Cornaro weCyprus kurudyi. Uyu unoverengwa somufananidzo wechipiri unozivikanwa unobatanidza mambokadzi, uyo zvino uri muunganidzwa weSzepmuveszeti Museum muBudapest. 