Inscriptions

Inscription #2090, Angeli 04 Benedetto Varchi 1566 a

Diplomatic Transcription

BENED. VARCHIO POETAE PHILOS. ATQVE HISTORICO / QVI CVM ANNOS LXIII. SVMMA ANIMI LIBERTATE / SINE VLLA / AVARITIA AVT AMBITIONE IVCVNDE VIXISSET. / OBIIT NON INVITVS XVI. KAL. DEC. MDLXVI. / SILV. RAZ. SACRAE HVIVS AEDIS COENOBITA / AMICO OPTIMO P. C.

Critical Transcription

Bened(icto) Varchio poetae philos(opho) atque historico qui cum annos LXIII summa animi libertate sine ulla avaritia aut ambitione iucunde vixisset obiit non invitus XVI Kal(endas) Dec(embris) MDLXVI. Silv(anus) Raz(zius) sacrae huius aedis coenobita amico optimo p(onendum) c(uravit)

Regularized Transcription

Benedicto Varchio poetae, philosopho atque historico, qui cum annos LXIII summa animi libertate sine ulla avaritia aut ambitione iucunde vixisset obiit non invitus. XVI Kalendas Decembris MDLXVI Silvanus Razzius sacrae huius aedis coenobita amico optimo ponendum curavit.

Translation

For Benedetto Varchi poet, philosopher, and historian, who, because he had happily lived 63 years with the greatest freedom of the mind without any meanness and ambition, died not unwilling. On the 16th Kalends of December 1566 [November 19th], Silvano Razzi of this sacred monastic church took care that this [tombstone] be placed for his best friend.

Memorial	Angeli 04 Benedetto Varchi 1566
Taken From	manuscript
Text Direction
Letterform	Roman
Languages	Latin
Keywords	commissioner named date day/month Julian family named honoree named occupation
Database ID	2090

Sources

G. Richa, Notizie istoriche delle chiese fiorentine	vol. 8, p. 170
Stefano Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, autograph	pp. 1507, no. 4

Notes

[a] Stefano Rosselli errantly recorded Varchi's years as LIII (53), correctly transcribed as LXIII (63) by Giusppe Richa. Varchi was in his sixty-third year at his death in November 1565.