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Inscriptions

Inscription #1643, Badia 042 Tommaso Salvetti 1472 a

Diplomatic Transcription

CLARIS IVRI CONSVLTO FLOR /
DNO THOMAE DE SALVETTIS /
FILII DE SE BENE MERITO POS /
OB • AN • SAL • MCCCCLXXII • IIII KLAS /
OCTOBRIS • VIX • AN LXXX MEN • VI

Critical Transcription

Claris(simo) iuri consulto Flor(entino) D(omi)no Thomae de Salvettis Filii de se bene merito pos(uerunt). Ob(iit) an(no) sal(utis) MCCCCLXXII, IIII K(a)l(end)as Octobris. Vix(it) an(nos) LXXXI. M(enses) VI

Regularized Transcription

Clarissimo iuri consulto Florentino Domino Thomae de Salvettis filii de se bene merito posuerunt. Obiit anno salutis MCCCCLXXII, IIII Kalendas Octobris. Vixit annos LXXXI, menses VI

Translation

For the most illustrious Florentine doctor of law messer Tommaso from the Salvetti family, his sons placed this themselves for their well deserving father. He died in the year of salvation 1472, on the fourth day before the Kalends of October. He lived 81 years and 6 months.

Memorial Badia 042 Tommaso Salvetti 1472
Taken From monument
Position slab
Text Direction
Letterform Roman
Languages
  • Latin
Keywords
  • citizenship
  • date
  • day/month Julian
  • family named
  • honoree named
  • occupation
  • title
  • year
Database ID 1643

Sources

ASF, Manoscritti, 628, Sepoltuari da Francesco della Foresta fol. 8, no. 41
P. Puccinelli, Memorie sepolcrali pp. 21, no. 115

Notes

  • [a] The inscription on the Salvetti tomb is quite worn but can be read with the help of the transcriptions by Francesco della Foresta and Placido Puccinelli.