Inscriptions

Inscription #1984, Carmine 004.1 Cappella di San Jacopo

Diplomatic Transcription

Nicolaus Bencius Jo: Baptiste F. Antonij N. sua sueq: coniugis Lucretie Caietane erga Dei ..... Virginis habitum Carm: devotione; sacellu hoc D.O.M. et D. Jacobo Maiori Aplo antiquitus dicatum, Virgini Marie eunde habitum B. Simoni, Carmelitarumque Generali celitus porrigenti, et eidem D. Jacopo Apostolo Restauravit A. D. MDLXXXXIIII

Critical Transcription

Nicolaus Bencius Jo(hanni) Baptist(a)e F(ilius) Antonii N(epos) sua, su(a)eq(ue) coniugis Lucreti(a)e Caietan(a)e erga Dei .... Virginis habitum Carm(elitanum) devotione; Sacellu(m) hoc D(eo) O(ptimo) M(aximo) et D(omini) Jacobi Maiori Ap(osto)lo antiquitus dicatum, Virgini Mari(a)e eunde(m) habitum B(eati) Simoni, Carmelitarumque Generali c(a)elitus porrigenti, et eidem D(omino) Jacobo Apostolo restauravit A(nno) D(omini) MDLXXXXIIII

Regularized Transcription

Nicolaus Bencius Johanni Baptistae Filius Antonii Nepos sua, suaeque coniugis Lucretiae Caietanae erga Dei .... Virginis habitum Carmelitanum devotione; Sacellum hoc Deo Optimo Maximo et Domini Jacobi Maiori Apostolo antiquitus dicatum, Virgini Mariae eundem habitum Beati Simoni Carmelitarumque Generali caelitus porrigenti et eidem Domino Jacobo Apostolo restauravit Anno Domini MDLXXXXIIII

Translation

Niccolò Benci, son of Giovanni Battista, grandson of Antonio [putting] his property and [that] of his wife Lucrezia Gaetani towards the Carmelite habit with piety for God and the Virgin, restored this shrine, long ago dedicated to the best and greatest God and Saint James Major Apostle, for the Virgin Mary extending from heaven the very same habit of the Blessed Simone and General of the Carmelites and to the same Saint James Apostle in the year of Our Lord 1594.