Inscriptions

Inscription #147, Badia 001 tomb of Ugo di Toscana 1481

Diplomatic Transcription

VGONI OTHONIS III IMPER AFFINI AC /
COMITI MARCHIONI ANDEBVRGENSI /
HÆRVRIAEQ PRAEFECTO Q DIVO BENEDICTO /
HOC OLĨ ET SEX ALIA COENOBIA CŌDIDIT /
PII HVIVS LOCI MONACHI DESE BENEMERITO /
SEPVLCRVM VETVSTATE ATTRITVM /
ĪSTAVRAVT ĀNO SALVTIS M CCCCLXXXI /
H M H N S

Critical Transcription

Ugoni Othonis III Imper(i) affini ac Comiti Marchioni Andegurgensi hae(t)uriaeque praefecto q(ue) Divo Benedicto hoc olim et sex alia coenobia co(n)didit pii huius loci Monachi de se benemerito sepulcrum vetustate attritum i(n)staurarv(erun)t anno salutis MCCCCLXXXI H(oc) M(onumentum) H(eredem) N(on) S(equitur)

Regularized Transcription

Ugoni Othonis III Imperi affini ac Comiti Marchioni Andegurgensi Haeturiaeque praefecto que Divo Benedicto hoc olim et sex alia coenobia condidit. Pii huius loci monachi de se benemerito sepulcrum vetustate attritum instauraverunt anno salutis MCCCCLXXXI. Hoc monumentum heredem non sequitur.

Translation

To the divine and blessed Ugo, kin of Otto III and Count and Marquis of Brandenburg and Tuscany and Commander of the State. He once founded this and six other monasteries. The dutiful monks of this place, concerning him well deserving, restored the tomb, worn with age, in the year of Salvation 1481. This monument does not follow the heir.