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Memorials

S. Lorenzo 017 Giovanni and Piccarda de Medici

Situated In

S. Lorenzo -- chiesa di Brunelleschi -- Piano di sopra -- transept -- left transept -- sagrestia vecchia

Rosselli Number	17.0
Memorial Type
Status	extant
Current Repository	in situ
Primary Installation	freestanding
Secondary Installation	no additional components
Tomb Form	rectangular
Liturgical Orientation	frn
Documented Types	cartella cassone
Component Parts	table plaque coffin
Decorative Elements
Material	marble porphyry dark purplish-red rock, first quarried in ancient Egypt, containing relatively large crystals in a fine-grained igneous matrix. One of the hardest rocks, it takes a high polish and is valued as a durable sculptor's material and as a decorative architectural material. It is considered the best material for the muller and slab used for grinding artists' colors. Getty ID: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300011232
Database ID	11107

Dates

1421 to 1440

Inscriptions (2 total)

882	Cosmus, et Laurentius de Medicis V.V. Clariss. Joanni Averardi F. et Piccarde Adovardi F. carissimis Parentibus hoc sep. fac. curarunt. Obijt autem Joannes 10 kal. Martias 1428. Piccarda vero 13 kal. Maias quinquennio poso e vita migravit.
881	Si merita in Patriam, si gloria, sanguis, et omni Larga manus nigra libera morte forent Viveret ehu Patrie casta cum Coniuge Felix Auxilium miseris, Portus, et aura suis; Omnia sed quando superantur morte, Joannes Hoc Mausoleo, tuque Piccarda iaces: Ergo senex meret, Juvenis, Puer, omnis et etas Orba Parente suo Patria mesta gemit.

Individuals (5 total)

Medici, Cosimo (messer) di Giovanni di Bicci (il Vecchio)		1421 to 1440
Medici, Giovanni di Bicci di Chiarissimo di Averardo di Averardo		February 20th, 1429
Bueri, Piccarda di Adovardo (uxor Giovanni di Bicci de’Medici)		since 1429
Medici, Giovanni di Bicci di Chiarissimo di Averardo di Averardo		since 1429
Bueri, Piccarda di Adovardo (uxor Giovanni di Bicci de’Medici)		1433 a

Groups (1 total)

Related Memorials (1 total)

S. Lorenzo 017 Sagrestia Vecchia

Sources (2 total)

ASF, Manoscritti, 625, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy)	pp. 1192
ASL, Sepoltuario vecchio di 1463, ms. 2214	fol. 1v-2

Notes

[a] XIII Kal. Mai