Inscriptions

Inscription #2670, S. Maria Novella 011.3a Cappella di SS. Filippo e Giovanni Evangelista de Filippo Strozzi

Diplomatic Transcription

DOM. Ad majorem SS. Philippi, et Jacobi Familiae Patronorum honorem sacram hanc aedem, eiusque Picturam vetustate deformatam Philippus Strozza Dux Balneoli cum Ferdinando Fratre, et Laurentius Maria Leonis Filius praecipua ipsius Laurentij cura instaurarunt anno Domini MDCCLIII

Critical Transcription

D(eo) O(ptimo) M(aximo). S(anctorum) Philippi et Iacobi familiae patronorum sacram hanc aedem eiusque picturam vetustate deformatam Philippus Strozza Dux Balneoli cum Ferdinando fratre, et Laurentius Maria Leonis filius praecipua ipsius Laurentii cura instaurarunt anno Domini MDCCLIII

Regularized Transcription

Deo Optimo Maximo. Sanctorum Philippi et Iacobi familiae patronorum sacram hanc aedem eiusque picturam vetustate deformatam Philippus Strozza Dux Balneoli cum Ferdinando fratre, et Laurentius Maria Leonis filius praecipua ipsius Laurentii cura instaurarunt anno Domini MDCCLIII

Translation

To God, the Best and Greatest. Filippo Strozzi, Duke of Bagnolo, together with his brother Ferdinando and Lorenzo Maria, son of Leone, restored this chapel, dedicated to the Most Holy Saints Philip and James, patrons of the family, together with its painting, which had been damaged by age, in the year of Our Lord 1753, under the particular supervision of Lorenzo himself.