Arte dei Medici e Speziali (Guild Consul, Doctors and Apothecaries)
included painters; Perfumers (Aromatori), and Barbers (Barbieri)
Consuls served four-month terms starting January, May, or September; magistracy had six consuls
Online Tratte Code: 26
Major Guild
January 1st, 1413 to April 30th, 1413
Arte dei Medici e Speziali (Guild Consul, Doctors and Apothecaries)
included painters; Perfumers (Aromatori), and Barbers (Barbieri)
Consuls served four-month terms starting January, May, or September; magistracy had six consuls
Online Tratte Code: 26
Major Guild
May 1st, 1415 to August 31st, 1415
Arte dei Medici e Speziali (Guild Consul, Doctors and Apothecaries)
included painters; Perfumers (Aromatori), and Barbers (Barbieri)
Consuls served four-month terms starting January, May, or September; magistracy had six consuls
Online Tratte Code: 26
Major Guild
May 1st, 1417 to August 31st, 1417
Arte dei Medici e Speziali (Guild Consul, Doctors and Apothecaries)
included painters; Perfumers (Aromatori), and Barbers (Barbieri)
Consuls served four-month terms starting January, May, or September; magistracy had six consuls
Online Tratte Code: 26
Major Guild
January 1st, 1419 to April 30th, 1419
Arte dei Medici e Speziali (Guild Consul, Doctors and Apothecaries)
included painters; Perfumers (Aromatori), and Barbers (Barbieri)
Consuls served four-month terms starting January, May, or September; magistracy had six consuls
Online Tratte Code: 26
Major Guild
January 1st, 1421 to April 30th, 1421
Arte dei Medici e Speziali (Guild Consul, Doctors and Apothecaries)
included painters; Perfumers (Aromatori), and Barbers (Barbieri)
Consuls served four-month terms starting January, May, or September; magistracy had six consuls
Online Tratte Code: 26
Major Guild
September 1st, 1429 to December 31st, 1429
Priore (Prior)
together with Gonfaloniere di Giustizia were called the "Signoria" assisted by a notary; Legislation was initiated by the Signoria
June 1282: 3 priors
August 1282: 6 priors, 1/sestiere
1343: 8 priors, 2/quartiere
Online Tratte Code: 8
Tre Maggiori
July 1st, 1430 to August 31st, 1430
Mercanzia (Commercial Court)
high commercial court consisted initially of one member from each of the five more commercial guilds: the Mercatanti (22), Cambio (23), Lana (24), Seta (25), and Medici e Speziali (26). A sixth member of the court was added from the minor guilds in 1372.
Online Tratte Code: 6
Mercanzia
October 1st, 1432 to December 31st, 1432
Buonuomo (Advisory Councilor, Twelve)
one of two advisory councils (Collegi): the Buonuomini discussed legislation in consultation with Signoria
after 1321 were 12 -- 2/sestiere
Online Tratte Code: 12
Tre Maggiori
June 15th, 1433 to September 14th, 1433
Priore (Prior)
together with Gonfaloniere di Giustizia were called the "Signoria" assisted by a notary; Legislation was initiated by the Signoria
June 1282: 3 priors
August 1282: 6 priors, 1/sestiere
1343: 8 priors, 2/quartiere
Online Tratte Code: 8
Tre Maggiori
March 1st, 1435 to April 30th, 1435
Gonfaloniere di Compagnia (Advisory Councilor, Sixteen)
one of two advisory councils (Collegi): the Gonfalonieri di Compagnia discussed legislation in consultation with Signoria
19 Gonfalonieri di Compagnia (the standard bearers of the urban militia--four from the Sestiere of Oltrarno and three from each of the remaining Sestieri--from ca. 1304-06)
after 1343 number of Gonfalonieri di Compagnia was reduced from 19 to 16, one from each of the four Gonfaloni in each of the four quarters
Online Tratte Code: 16
Tre Maggiori
January 7th, 1436 to May 6th, 1436
Mercanzia (Commercial Court)
high commercial court consisted initially of one member from each of the five more commercial guilds: the Mercatanti (22), Cambio (23), Lana (24), Seta (25), and Medici e Speziali (26). A sixth member of the court was added from the minor guilds in 1372.
Online Tratte Code: 6
Mercanzia
October 1st, 1439 to December 31st, 1439
Gonfaloniere di Giustizia (Standard-bearer of Justice)
together with Priors were called the "Signoria" assisted by a notary; Legislation was initiated by the Signoria
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
circa 1411 (date is approximate) to circa 1451 (date is approximate)
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.
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.
1427
documented
information found in sepoltuario, tomb inscription, burial, and/or other records
[a] Maestro Galileo reported his age as 57 in his 1427 catasto, suggesting a birth year of 1370. Rita Iacopino states that he was born in 1368, but his age was recorded by tratte officials in 1429 as 45, rendering a birth year of 1384.
[b] Though Rita Iacopino reports maestro Galileo's death in 1460, a drawing on December 29th, 1451 for the office of Standard-bearer of Justice recorded that he had died by that date.
[c] Maestro Galileo declared his residence, which neighbored that of his brother Michele, in the parish of San Pulinari in his 1427 catasto declaration.
