Alternate Names: Calimala member, specifically concerned with sale of wool cloth
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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>).
Online Tratte Code: 16
Tre Maggiori
1382
Gonfaloniere di Giustizia (Standard-bearer of Justice)
Established in 1293, the Standard-bearer of Justice was the highest-ranking magistrate in the Signoria. Like all officers in the Tre Maggiori, he had to be a guild member in good standing but could be elected from any <i>sestiere</i> or quarter.
Online Tratte Code: 1
Tre Maggiori
1385
console, Arte del Calimala (Arte dei Mercatanti) (consul, Great Merchants Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Great Merchants Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 22
Major Guild
1394
Mercanzia (Mercanzia)
Established in 1308, a Florentine association with jurisdiction over commercial affairs, initially governed by representatives of five major guilds—the Merchants, Bankers, Wool, Silk, and Doctors and Apothecaries—with a representative of the minor guilds added in 1372.
Online Tratte Code: 6
Other
1395
Gonfaloniere di Giustizia (Standard-bearer of Justice)
Established in 1293, the Standard-bearer of Justice was the highest-ranking magistrate in the Signoria. Like all officers in the Tre Maggiori, he had to be a guild member in good standing but could be elected from any <i>sestiere</i> or quarter.
Online Tratte Code: 1
Tre Maggiori
1396
console, Arte del Calimala (Arte dei Mercatanti) (consul, Great Merchants Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Great Merchants Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 22
Major Guild
1400
Mercanzia (Mercanzia)
Established in 1308, a Florentine association with jurisdiction over commercial affairs, initially governed by representatives of five major guilds—the Merchants, Bankers, Wool, Silk, and Doctors and Apothecaries—with a representative of the minor guilds added in 1372.
Online Tratte Code: 6
Other
1401
Mercanzia (Mercanzia)
Established in 1308, a Florentine association with jurisdiction over commercial affairs, initially governed by representatives of five major guilds—the Merchants, Bankers, Wool, Silk, and Doctors and Apothecaries—with a representative of the minor guilds added in 1372.
Online Tratte Code: 6
Other
1402
console, Arte del Calimala (Arte dei Mercatanti) (consul, Great Merchants Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Great Merchants Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 22
Major Guild
1402
console, Arte del Calimala (Arte dei Mercatanti) (consul, Great Merchants Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Great Merchants Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 22
Major Guild
1404
Mercanzia (Mercanzia)
Established in 1308, a Florentine association with jurisdiction over commercial affairs, initially governed by representatives of five major guilds—the Merchants, Bankers, Wool, Silk, and Doctors and Apothecaries—with a representative of the minor guilds added in 1372.
Online Tratte Code: 6
Other
1406
console, Arte del Calimala (Arte dei Mercatanti) (consul, Great Merchants Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Great Merchants Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 22
Major Guild
1408
buonuomo (good man (Twelve))
A member of one of the two primary advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>) known as the Buonuomini. They discussed legislation in consultation with the Signoria, and after 1321 their number was standardized at twelve with two representatives from each <i>sestiere</i>; after 1343, three from each quarter.
Online Tratte Code: 12
Tre Maggiori
1411
console, Arte del Calimala (Arte dei Mercatanti) (consul, Great Merchants Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Great Merchants Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 22
Major Guild
1411
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>).
Online Tratte Code: 16
Tre Maggiori
1412
Mercanzia (Mercanzia)
Established in 1308, a Florentine association with jurisdiction over commercial affairs, initially governed by representatives of five major guilds—the Merchants, Bankers, Wool, Silk, and Doctors and Apothecaries—with a representative of the minor guilds added in 1372.
Online Tratte Code: 6
Other
1413
buonuomo (good man (Twelve))
A member of one of the two primary advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>) known as the Buonuomini. They discussed legislation in consultation with the Signoria, and after 1321 their number was standardized at twelve with two representatives from each <i>sestiere</i>; after 1343, three from each quarter.
Online Tratte Code: 12
Tre Maggiori
1413
console, Arte del Calimala (Arte dei Mercatanti) (consul, Great Merchants Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Great Merchants Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 22
Major Guild
1413
Mercanzia (Mercanzia)
Established in 1308, a Florentine association with jurisdiction over commercial affairs, initially governed by representatives of five major guilds—the Merchants, Bankers, Wool, Silk, and Doctors and Apothecaries—with a representative of the minor guilds added in 1372.
Online Tratte Code: 6
Other
1415
console, Arte del Calimala (Arte dei Mercatanti) (consul, Great Merchants Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Great Merchants Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
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
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
January 26th, 1380 to circa 1417 (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.
[a] Darrell D. Davisson, “The Iconology of the S. Trinita Sacristy, 1418-1435: A Study of the Private and Public Functions of Religious Art in the Early Quattrocento.” The Art Bulletin 57, no. 3 (1975): 315–16, n7. https://doi.org/10.2307/3049400.
