Alternate Names: silk weaver; members of the guild of Por S. Maria; silk-worker; setaiuolo
Posts (2 total)
Office
Government
Date
console, Arte della Seta (Arte di Por S. Maria) (consul, Silk Guild)
One of six consuls governing the Silk Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September. The guild included goldsmiths. Consuls were drawn from three purses (<i>borse</i>): for <i>setaiuoli</i> (silk manufacturers), <i>ritagliatori</i> (cloth retailers), and <i>fondaci</i> (warehouse-keepers and goldsmiths).
Online Tratte Code: 25
Major Guild
1436
priore (prior)
Together with the <i>gonfaloniere di giustizia</i> the priors constituted the Signoria, Florence's principal executive magistracy. Legislation was initiated by the Signoria in consultation with the two advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>). Their number changed over time but was established at eight after 1343, with two representatives per quarter. The officeholders, collectively known as <i>signori</i>, were assisted by a notary (<i>notaio della Signoria</i>). Serving in the priorate was the highest honor a family could achieve in Republican Florence.
individual has matriculated, joined, or been named to this group, including one who has joined a monastery, friary, or convent as a member or third order
Citizens of Florence could claim membership in a gonfalone other than where they lived for purposes of taxation and political sortition, usually that of their father or other ancestor and related to where the family traditionally held its highest-value properties. The 1427 catasto contains numerous examples of a declared residence (casa per abitazione) in a parish not physically located in the gonfalone from which the tax declaration was made. Residence is "surmised" when extrapolated from political service or tax records that do not indicate the parish of residence and "documented" when the physical location of a house is known.
