# Emmanuel Venious

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{{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](/source/Ortak%C3%B6y), [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul), [Turkey](/source/Turkey)
| death_date          = 1915 or 1916
| genre               = 
| occupation          = [Luthier](/source/Luthier), [Carpenter](/source/Carpenter)
| years_active        = 1870-1916
| label               =
| website             = 
| notable_instruments = 
}}

'''Emmanuel Venious''', often better known simply by his [professional name](/source/Stage_name) of '''Manol''' was a [Greek](/source/Greeks) [Ottoman](/source/Ottoman_Empire) [luthier](/source/luthier) living and working in [Beyoğlu](/source/Beyo%C4%9Flu), [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul) (then also known as [Constantinople/Kostantiniyye](/source/Names_of_Istanbul)). 

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](/source/Oud) now commonly known as the ''Turkish oud'', commonly played in [Turkey](/source/Turkey), [Greece](/source/Greece), [Armenia](/source/Armenia), [Azerbaijan](/source/Azerbaijan) and elsewhere, compared to the more varied, lower pitched and often larger ''Arabic oud''. He also built the [lavta](/source/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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Category:Greeks in Turkey
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Category:Greeks from the Ottoman Empire
Category:Turkish luthiers
Category:Oud luthiers
Category:1845 births
Category:1910s deaths

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