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Memorials

S. Croce 044 monumento Antonio Nori

Situated In

complesso di S. Croce -- basilica di S. Croce -- right aisle -- first pier

Alternate Names

S. Croce 044 pila dell’acqua santa de' Nori
Water Font (Nori)

Rosselli Number	44.0
Memorial Type
Status	extant
Current Repository	in situ
Primary Installation	floor
Secondary Installation	with wall component(s)
Tomb Form	rectangular
Liturgical Orientation	N
Length	2.8
Width	1.4
Documented Types	lastrone chiusino sepoltura lapida fossa
Component Parts	relief sculpture cover plaque water font slab burial pit
Decorative Elements
Material	bronze copper-tin alloy; refers to a broad range of alloys of copper, specifically any non-ferrous alloy of copper, tin, and zinc or other trace metals in varying proportions from 70 to 95 percent copper in surviving ancient artifacts. Because of the copper base, bronze may be very malleable and easy to work. By the Middle Ages in Europe, it was recognized that using the metals in certain proportions could yield specific properties. Some modern bronzes contain no tin at all, substituting other metals such as aluminum, manganese, and even zinc. Historically, the term was used interchangeably with "latten." U.S. standard bronze is composed of 90% copper, 7% tin and 3% zinc. Ancient bronze alloys sometimes contained up to 14% tin. marble
Database ID	11316

Dates

before 1439 a
circa 1472 (date is approximate)	decoration

Inscriptions (1 total)

ANTONIO PATRI /
SIBI /
POSTERIS QVE /
FRANCISCVS /
NORVS /
POS

Francesco Nori placed this for his father Antonio, for himself, and for his descendants

Individuals (8 total)

Nori, Antonio di Tommaso		before 1439
Nori, Antonio di Tommaso		May 1st, 1439, April 27th, 1442 or a day in between
Nori, Benedetto di Antonio di Tommaso		circa 1442 (date is approximate)
Nori, Francesco di Antonio di Tommaso		circa 1472 (date is approximate)
Rossellino, Antonio		circa 1472 (date is approximate)
Nori, Antonio di Tommaso		circa 1472 (date is approximate) to present
Nori, Francesco di Antonio di Tommaso		circa 1472 (date is approximate) to present
Nori, Francesco di Antonio di Tommaso		April 26th, 1478

Groups (2 total)

Nori		circa 1472 (date is approximate) to present
Nori

Related Memorials (1 total)

Water Font (Da Diacceto):

Sources (6 total)

R. Iacopino, Le lapidi terragne di Santa Croce, II, 1418-1488	pp. 404-405, no. 104
ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy)	pp. 292, no. 44; 439, no. 192
ASF, Manoscritti, 618, S. Croce	fol. 79v
ASF, Manoscritti, 619, Sepoltuario della Chiesa di Santa Croce	fol. 17v, no. 118
ASF, Manoscritti, 249, Priorista Mariani II	fol. 265v
Pines, Doralynn Schlossman, “The Tomb Slabs of Santa Croce: A New Sepoltuario”, Columbia University	pp. 89-100, no. 1

Notes

[a] A burial spot is documented in the 1439 sepoltuario, but the tomb had not been decorated.