Inscriptions

Inscription #1001, S. Maria Novella 076.2 tomb of Onofrio di Leonardo Nemi and his wife Smaragda Benci

Diplomatic Transcription

Onuphrius Nemius Leonardi F. veritus ne exax vetustas extingueret memoriam sepulcri a Progenitoribus in claustro conditi Anno MCCCLXXXIII. Novū hoc Smaragdę Bencię uxori, sibi suisq: Posuit A. D. MDLXXXIX

Critical Transcription

Onuphrius Nemius Leonardi f(ilius) veritus ne edax vetustas extingueret memoriam sepulcri a progenitoribus in claustro conditi anno MCCCLXXXIII. Novum hoc Smaragd(a)e Benci(a)e uxori sibi suisq(ue) posuit a(nno) D(omini) MDLXXXIX

Regularized Transcription

Onuphrius Nemius Leonardi filius veritus ne edax vetustas extingueret memoriam sepulcri a progenitoribus in claustro conditi anno MCCCLXXXIII. Novum hoc Smaragdae Benciae uxori sibi suisque posuit anno Domini MDLXXXIX

Translation

Onofrio Nemi, son of Leonardo, fearing that the ravages of time might extinguish the memory of the tomb established by his ancestors in the cloister in the year 1383, erected this new one for his wife Smaragda Benci, himself, and his family, in the year of the Lord 1589.

Memorial S. Maria Novella 076.2 tomb of Onofrio di Leonardo Nemi and his wife Smaragda Benci
Taken From manuscript
Position slab
Languages
  • Latin
Keywords
  • commissioner named
  • date
  • family named
  • woman mentioned by name
  • year
Database ID 1001

Sources

S. Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, autograph pp. 794, no. 76