Memorials

S. Croce 140 tomb of brothers Bernardo and Niccolo di Domenico Giugni

Situated In

friary of S. Croce -- chiesa -- transetto -- braccio destro

Rosselli Number	140.0
Memorial Type
Status	extant
Current Repository	in situ
Primary Installation	floor
Secondary Installation	frn
Tomb Form	rectangular
Liturgical Orientation	frn
Length	3.21
Width	1.47
Documented Types	sepoltura lapida
Component Parts	border Ornamental areas of distinct pattern, material, color, or shape around the edge or boundary of something. With regard specifically to tapestries, refers to the areas around the central field outside the inner guard and within the guard that edges the outer sides of the tapestry. For the narrow surfaces showing the 'thickness' or smallest dimension of thin, flat objects, as distinguished from the broad surfaces, see "edges (object components)." slab
Decorative Elements
Material	Carrara marble type of marble quarried in the area around Carrara, Tuscany, Italy (Luna in antiquity), characterized by a fine, compact grain and varies in color from pure white to creamy white, sometimes with a bluish tinge; a favorite stone of sculptors from antiquity to the present, including Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564) Getty ID: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300011576 verde di Prato A soft Italian verd antique from Prato, Italy that is deep olive green with dark green spots and veins of clear green and white. It was first used by the ancient Greeks and Romans and continues to be used in modern times; it was notably used for much of the exterior decoration of the cathedral in Florence. Getty ID: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300011640
Database ID	10067

Dates

circa 1437 (date is approximate) to circa 1439 (date is approximate) a

Inscriptions (1 total)

1440

Sep. Bernardi, et Nicolai filiorum q. circumspecti viri Dominici de Giugnis, in quo quidem iacent corpora predictorum honoratissimorum Civium, et Mercatorum, quorum alter Bern. Florentis, Hic vero Puteolis diem obierunt suum

Individuals (4 total)

Giugni, Bernardo di Domenico di Domenico di Niccolò di Giovanni		late 1430s to present
Giugni, Niccolò di Domenico di Domenico di Niccolò di Giovanni		late 1430s to present
Giugni, Niccolò di Domenico di Domenico di Niccolò di Giovanni		after December 12th, 1440
Giugni, Bernardo di Domenico di Domenico di Niccolò di Giovanni		1446

Groups (1 total)

Giugni

late 1430s to present

Related Memorials (3 total)

S. Croce 014.2 Cappella degli Apostoli
S. Croce 138 tomb of Jacopo di Ridolfo Mozzi 1453:
S. Croce 142 tomb of Filippo di Niccolò d'Ugolino Giugni

Sources (6 total)

Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali	rec. 0900283219
R. Iacopino, Le lapidi terragne di Santa Croce, II, 1418-1488	pp. 316-17, no. 71
ASF, Manoscritti, 619, Sep. S. Croce 1439	fol. 15v, no. 8
ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy)	pp. 313, no. 140
ASF, Manoscritti, 618, Sep. S. Croce 1596 (copy)	fol. 49, no. 68 and fol. 71 unnumerated
D. S. Pines, “Tomb Slabs of Santa Croce”, Columbia University	pp. 347-51, no. 51

Notes

[a] Pines dates the tomb as circa 1437-1439 while Iacopino puts the date of execution around 1440. Given that the tomb is noted in the 1439 sepoltuario, it must have been installed by then.