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Memorials

S. Croce 275 Fra Giuliano Verrocchio a

Situated In

friary of S. Croce -- church of S. Croce -- nave

Rosselli Number	275.0
Memorial Type
Status	extant
Current Repository	in situ
Primary Installation	floor
Secondary Installation	no additional components
Tomb Form	rectangular
Liturgical Orientation	W
Length	2.6
Width	1.27
Documented Types	lapida sepoltura fossa
Component Parts	relief sculpture border Ornamental areas of distinct pattern, material, color, or shape around the edge or boundary of something. With regard specifically to tapestries, refers to the areas around the central field outside the inner guard and within the guard that edges the outer sides of the tapestry. For the narrow surfaces showing the 'thickness' or smallest dimension of thin, flat objects, as distinguished from the broad surfaces, see "edges (object components)." burial pit slab
Decorative Elements	effigy textile-derived motif
Material	marble
Database ID	13018

Dates

1442	inscription

Inscriptions (2 total)

1760	F. JVLIANVS VERROCCHIVS THEOLOGVS INSIGNIS HIC SEPVL / TVS EST F. ANTONIVS DE MEDICIS EIVSDEM ORDINIS THEOL. / ET ETRVRIÆ PROVINCIÆ MINISTER NE IACERET INCVLTVS / QVI AETATIS SVÆ FVERAT DECOR HOC MONVMENTVM / DONAVIT VIX A XXXXII MEN VI DIES X OBIIT MCCCCXXXXII	Fra Giuliano Verrocchio eminent theologian was buried here. Fra Antonio de' Medici of theologian of the same order and minister of the province of Tuscany lest he lie dead disregarded who of his age had been beautiful gave this monument. He lived 42 years, 6 months and 10 days. He died in 1442.
1759	+ quem•admodvm•desiderat• / cervvs•ad•fontes•aqvarvm•ita•desiderat•anima•mea•ad•te•devs•sitivit / •anima•mea•ad•devm•fontem / •vivm•qvando•veniam•et•apparebo•ante faciem•dei•mccccxlii	As the hart panteth after the fountains of water; so my soul panteth after thee, O God. My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God? 1442

Individuals (2 total)

del Verrocchio, Giuliano (fra)		1442
del Verrocchio, Giuliano (fra)		circa 1470 (date is approximate) to present

Groups (2 total)

Medici
del Verrocchio

Sources (7 total)

Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali	rec. 0900283248
R. Iacopino, Le lapidi terragne di Santa Croce, II, 1418-1488	pp. 380-383
ASF, Manoscritti, 619, Sep. S. Croce 1439	fol. 18r
ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy)	pp. 340
ASF, Manoscritti, 618, Sep. S. Croce 1596 (copy)	fol. 56v
Stefano Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, autograph	pp. 387
Pines, Doralynn Schlossman, “The Tomb Slabs of Santa Croce: A New Sepoltuario”, Columbia University	pp. 592-602, no. 99

Notes

[a] Located in the fifth bay of the nave, the tomb of Fra Giovanni Verrocchio was given by Fra Antonio de'Medici. The inscription notes Fra Giuliano's age of 42 years, 6 months, and 10 days, but the tomb is dated by Pines and others to the later 1460s following Dario Covi.