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.
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
September 31st, 1469 to December 31st, 1469
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
September 6th, 1471 to December 31st, 1471
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).
gonfaloniere di Compagnia (company standard-bearer (Nineteen/Sixteen))
A standard-bearer of the urban militia who also served on one of the two primary advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>) of the Signoria. From around 1304, nineteen <i>gonfalonieri di Compagnia</i> were drawn from the city’s six <i>sestieri</i>. Following the reorganization of 1343, their number was reduced to sixteen, one from each <i>gonfalone</i> of the four new quarters, and their <i>collegio</i> became known as the Sixteen (<i>Sedici</i>).
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.
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.
1466
documented
information found in sepoltuario, tomb inscription, burial, and/or other records
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.
circa 1421 (date is approximate) to 1427
documented
information found in sepoltuario, tomb inscription, burial, and/or other records
