Inscriptions

Inscription #1787, S. Croce 79 mag. Giovanni della Foresta

Diplomatic Transcription

D.O.M.
IOANNI FRANZESIO
DE FORESTA PHI
LOSOPHO AC ME
DICO PARENTI OP
TIMO BENE MERI
TO FILII DVLCISSI
MI POSVERVNT

[arms]

OBIIT A•D• MDLXVII
NO NO
CAL OCTOBRIS

Critical Transcription

D(eo) O(pitmo) M(aximo). Jo(h)anni Franzesio de Foresta philosopho ac medico parenti optimo bene merito filii dulcissimi posuerunt.
Obiit A(nno) D(omini) MDLXVII nono cal(endas) octobris

Regularized Transcription

Deo Opitmo Maximo. Johanni Franzesio de Foresta philosopho ac medico parenti optimo bene merito filii dulcissimi posuerunt.
Obiit anno Domini MDLXVII nono calendas octobris

Translation

To god the greatest, the highest. For Giovanni Franzesi de Foresta, philosopher and doctor, the best father, rightly deserving, his dearest sons placed this.

He died in the year of our Lord 1567 on the ninth day before the Kalends of October [23 September]