Inscriptions

Inscription #1856, Ospedale degli Innocenti 7 1498 a

Diplomatic Transcription

THESAVRO TVMVLVM FRANCI
ARS INCLITA SERVM
SVMPTIBVS HOC MERITO
GRATA SVIS POSVIT

OMIQ. VIRTVTE DECOR ATO
PRIORI HOSPITALIS HVIVS
[QVA RECTITVDINE FAMA VOLAT
ET PVERI LVGENT]
VIX.AN.LIIII.DI.XV.MCCCCIIC


Critical Transcription

Thesauro tumulum Franci(sco) / ars inclita serum / sumptibus hoc merito / grata suis posuit / Om(n)iq(ue) virtute decorato / priori hospitalis huius / qua rectitudine fama volat / et pueri lugent / vix(it) an(nos) LIV. di(es) XV. MCCCCLCVIII

Regularized Transcription

Thesauro tumulum Francisco ars inclita serum sumptibus hoc merito grata suis posuit. Omnique virtute decorato priori hospitalis huius qua rectitudine fama volat et pueri lugent. Vixit annos 54. Dies 15. 1498.

Translation

The glorious guild, being thankful, placed the late tomb for Francesco Tesori, rightly at its own expense and he was graced with every virtue, prior of this hospital, with which righteousness fame flies, and the children mourn. He lived 54 years, 15 days. 1498.

Memorial Ospedale degli Innocenti 7 1498
Taken From monument
Position slab
Text Direction
Letterform Roman
Languages
  • Latin
Keywords
  • commissioner named
  • family named
  • honoree named
Database ID 1856

Notes

  • [a] Using poetic structure with three words on most lines.