The Lamberti were one of the forty families included by Dante in Paradiso 16.88-139 as great in his grandfather Cacciaguida's day, but by his time diminished: "per che non dee parer mirabil cosa / ciò ch'io dirò de li alti Fiorentini / onde è la fama nel tempo nascosa." (‘Then it should not seem strange or marvelous to you / to hear me talk of noble Florentines / whose fame is buried in the depth of time. Hollander trans.). The poet references them through a description of their arms (the golden balls) rather than by name. The Mosca of Inferno 28.106 is of the Lamberti clan.
D'azzurro, a sei palle d'oro, 3.2.1 (oppure ordinate in cinta).
| Group Type | |
|---|---|
| Held One or More Priorates? | yes |
| Year of First Priorate | 1313 |
| Year of Last Priorate | 1321 |
| Total Priorates Held | 2 |
| Ceramelli Number | 2645 |
| Branded Magnate? | yes |
| Malespini Lineage | no |
| Dante Lineage | yes |
| Villani Lineage | yes |
| Molho Rank | Not Listed |
| Padgett Rank | Magnate |
| Padgett Lineage | yes |
| Litchfield Lineage | no |
| Database ID | 1410 |
| Cimitero Canonico 020 Primerano Lamberti | |||
| S. Croce 0 1439 | |||
| S. Croce cemetery 083 Bonaiuto di Lamberto and sons 1332 | 1332 to circa 1780 (date is approximate) |
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| S. Maria Novella 0 1300 |
| Najemy, John, A History of Florence 1200-1575, Blackwell | pp. 6 |
| ASF, Ceramelli Papiani Online | fasc. 2645 |
| Dante, Inferno, Hollander trans. | 28.103-108, commentary p. 528 |
| Salvemini, Gaetano, Magnati e popolani in Firenze dal 1280 al 1295, Florence: G. Carnesecchi | pp. 376 |
| ASF, Manoscritti, 615, Copia del Necrologio della Metropolitana Fiorentina | fol. 33v |
| ASF, Manoscritti, 249, Priorista Mariani II | fol. 453v-454 (Bonaiutus) |
| G. Villani, Nuova cronica | 5.1, 12; 6.38-39; 7.33, 65, 77; 8.14; 9.71; 12.119 |
| Dante, Paradiso, Hollander trans. | 16.109-111 |
| C. Klapisch-Zuber, Ritorno alla politica | pp. 415 |
| M. Palazzi, Scienza araldica nella Divina Commedia | pp. 47, no. 80 |
