{{Multiple issues|{{refimprove|date=December 2025}}}} {{Short description|Greek Ottoman luthier (1845–1915/16)}} {{Infobox artist | name = Manol | image = Ūd MET DP340079.jpg | image_size = | caption = An oud built by Emmanuel Venious (Manol) in 1915/16. | birth_name = Emmanuel Venious | alias = | birth_date = 1845 | birth_place = Ortaköy, Istanbul, Turkey | death_date = 1915 or 1916 | genre = | occupation = Luthier, Carpenter | years_active = 1870-1916 | label = | website = | notable_instruments = }}
'''Emmanuel Venious''', often better known simply by his professional name of '''Manol''' was a Greek Ottoman luthier living and working in Beyoğlu, Istanbul (then also known as Constantinople/Kostantiniyye).
He began by working as a furniture maker, before becoming a luthier. Today he is best known for developing the smaller, higher tuned version of the Oud now commonly known as the ''Turkish oud'', commonly played in Turkey, Greece, Armenia, Azerbaijan and elsewhere, compared to the more varied, lower pitched and often larger ''Arabic oud''. He also built the lavta.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Web Museum {{!}} Xilofonia |url=https://xilofonia.gr/web-museum/ |access-date=2026-02-28 |language=el}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manol (Emmanuel Venios) - Ūd - Turkish - The Metropolitan Museum of Art |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/656846 |access-date=2026-02-28 |website=www.metmuseum.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MANOL EMMANUEL VENIOS (1845 – 1915) - Handmade High Quality Musical Instrument Workshop and Store - Oud, Lute, Tambour, Saz and More... |url=https://www.theorientvalley.com/manol-emmanuel-venios |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251211001334/https://www.theorientvalley.com/manol-emmanuel-venios |archive-date=2025-12-11 |access-date=2026-02-28 |website=www.theorientvalley.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>Prichard, Laura Stanfield. "CORNUCOPIA OF INSTRUMENTS." EMAg 27.3 (2021): 34-39.</ref>
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