According to David Rosenthal, this group was one of about forty potenze active in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Florence (literally "powers," whose artisan members organized festive activities in the neighborhoods under their purview.) Their territory, or "kingdom," centered around the church of S. Lucia sul Prato where they had at least one tomb in which to bury their leaders, known as emperors.
It remains unclear whether the coat of arms on the S. Lucia sul Prato tomb represented the potenza as a whole or only the man who was emperor in 1594. Giuseppe Richa reported that the group carried a standard showing the well from the Prato, or field, from which the group took its name.
Monte di sei cime, cimato da una fiamma, alla foglia di sega in banda attraversante, i.e.
Six-peaked mount topped with a flame and crossed by a saw blade in bend (i.e. from upper left to lower right), colors unknown.
| Group Type | |
|---|---|
| Database ID | 2884 |
| S. Lucia sul Prato 3 sepoltura Imperatore del Prato b | 1594 to 1720 |
| ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy) | pp. 887, no. 3 |
| G. Richa, Notizie istoriche delle chiese fiorentine | vol. 4, p. 216 and 229 |
