Individuals

Brunacci, Zanobi (ser) di S. Mino di S. Domenico a

Description

According to Lorenz Böninger, the notary ser Zanobi di ser Mino, who sometimes used the surname Brunacci, served as chancellor of the Parte Guelfa from 1415 through 1417. He was dead by March 22, 1420 when his wife appears in an account book as his widow.

The Online Tratte indicate that ser Zanobi was drawn for the office of Notary of the Signoria in 1427 almost a decade after his death. Two of his sons were elected to the priorate in 1457 and 1464, the only members of the family to hold this prestigious office.

By 1439, Ser Zanobi's widow Caterina had rights to a tomb established by her paternal ancestors in the north cemetery of Santa Croce. If she inherited the tomb prior to her husband's death, she likely buried him there. At some point after 1440 the tomb was renovated with a slab dedicated to "the sons of ser Zanobi di ser Mino Brunacci" (filiorum ser Zanobi ser Mini de Brunaccis), so the notary was certainly honored in the Santa Croce cemetery even if not buried under the stone that carried his name. Whether Caterina or her sons commissioned the slab is not presently known.

Birth Family	Brunacci
Gender	male
Age at Death	unknown
Database ID	2152

Life Dates

before March 22nd, 1420 b

death

Employments (1 total)

circa 1390s (date is approximate) to circa 1417 (date is approximate) c

Memorials (3 total)

S. Croce cemetery 032.1 Bonaccolti family	before March 22nd, 1420	d
S. Croce cemetery 032.2 sons of S. Zanobi di S. Mino de Brunacci	after 1440 through the 1770s e
S. Croce cemetery 032.2 sons of S. Zanobi di S. Mino de Brunacci	after 1440	f

Related Individuals (6 total)

son of Brunacci, Mino (ser) di S. Domenico
husband of Malescotti Bonaccolti, Caterina (mona) di Bonaccolto di Filippo di Lapo di Baldovinetto (uxor ser Zanobi di ser Mino Brunacci)
father of Brunacci, Buonaccolto di S. Zanobi di S. Mino
father of Brunacci, Gianpaolo di S. Zanobi di S. Mino
father of Brunacci, Jacopo di S. Zanobi di S. Mino
father of Brunacci, Piero di S. Zanobi di S. Mino

Extended Family (3 total)

Siblings	Brunacci, Domenico (messer) di S. Mino di S. Domenico
Parents in law	Malescotti Bonaccolti, Buonaccolto di Filippo di Lapo di Baldovinetto Niccolosa (donna) di Mag. Giovanni di Filippo (uxor Buonaccolto di Filippo di Lapo)

Locations (1 total)

S. Firenze, Bue, S. Croce, Florence

August 25th, 1405 to 1407

Sources (5 total)

ASF, Catasto, 1427	vol. 73, fol. 224-224v (his widow Caterina's declaration from Santa Croce, Ruote).
ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy)	pp. 385, no. 32
ASF, Manoscritti, 619, Sep. S. Croce 1439	fol. 8, no. 32
ASF, Manoscritti, 253, Priorista Mariani VI	fol. 1423v-1424 (di ser Mino poi Bonaccolti)
D. Herlihy et al., Online Tratte	rec. 112211

Notes

[a] For documentation regarding ser Zanobi's date of death and other biographical details, including his Parte Guelfa service and the curious case of his sentence to corporal punishment from and a fine paid to the scribe Giovanni di Cenni d'Arezzo, see Lorenz Böninger, “Dieci schiaffi per un Terenzio? Il lodo di Niccolò Niccoli per ser Zanobi di ser Mino e Giovanni Aretino (30 novembre 1413).” Medioevo e rinascimento 24 (2013): 43–52.
[b] Böninger (“Dieci schiaffi," 50n33) notes that ser Zanobi had been replaced as Parte Guelfa chancellor by January 1418 and cites the earliest known reference to his Caterina as his widow, which is dated March 22nd, 1420.
[c] According to the Online Tratte, ser Zanobi's name was drawn for notary of the Signoria from a purse that combined the 1393 and 1398 sortition bags.
[d] Ser Zanobi's wife had patronage rights to the Bonaccolti family tomb before 1439. At some point after 1440 it was refurbished with an inscription that read: The tomb of the sons of ser Zanobi di ser Mino de Brunacci. See ASFi, Manoscritti, 619, fol. 8, no. 32 for the pre-1439 inheritance and 253, fol. 1423v for the tomb's inscription.
[e] The tomb inscription naming ser Zanobi was first mentioned by Stefano Rosselli in the mid-seventeenth century. The north cemetery seems to have been destroyed in the early 1780s.
[f] If we are correct that ser Zanobi was laid to rest in his wife's ancestral tomb, then his body would have remained in place when the new or refurbished tomb slab carrying his name was installed by his widow and/or sons.
[g] Ser Zanobi lived with his brothers in a rented house in Borgo de'Greci from at least August 25th, 1405 through 1407. See Böninger, “Dieci schiaffi," 47.