Memorials

S. Croce 132 tomb of Michele and Giovanni di messer Lapo Arnolfi

Situated In

Rosselli Number	132.0
Memorial Type
Status	extant
Current Repository	in situ
Primary Installation	floor
Secondary Installation	no additional components
Tomb Form	rectangular
Liturgical Orientation	frn
Length	2.84
Width	1.34
Documented Types	lapida
Component Parts	slab
Decorative Elements	shield shield-like motif, with a form combining oval and triangular elements, typically having three sides, often rounded, with the form being wider at the top and tapering to a point at the bottom; often elaborated with strap-work, scrolls, and mantling Alternate Names: shield of arms Getty ID: 300247394
Material	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	11325

Dates

circa 1410s (date is approximate)

Inscriptions (1 total)

935

⋮ s • venerabilis • viri • / fratris • michaelis • i • egregii • viri • iohanis • filiorum • olim • / magnifici • milits • dni • lapi • dearnolfis • deflorentia • i descendentium • suorum

The tomb of the august man Fra Michele and the distinguished man Giovanni, once upon a time the sons of the noble knight messer Lapo de' Arnolfi of Florence, and of their descendants

Individuals (6 total)

Arnolfi, Giovanni di M. Lapo di Arnolfo	circa 1350s (date is approximate) to circa 1366 (date is approximate)
Arnolfi, Nofri di Giovanni di M. Lapo di Arnolfo a	July 20th, 1400 b
Arnolfi, filius di Nofri di Giovanni di M. Lapo di Arnolfo	September 15th, 1400	c
Arnolfi, Giovanni di M. Lapo di Arnolfo	circa 1410s (date is approximate) to present	d
Arnolfi, Michele (fra) di M. Lapo di Arnolfo (OFM)	circa 1410s (date is approximate) to present
Arnolfi, Doffo di Giovanni di M. Lapo di Arnolfo	circa 1440 (date is approximate)

Groups (1 total)

Arnolfi

circa 1410s (date is approximate) to present

Sources (6 total)

A. Chiti, Le lapidi terragne di Santa Croce I, ca. 1350-1417	pp. 142
ASF, Manoscritti, 619, Sep. S. Croce 1439	fol. 15v
ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy)	pp. 311
ASF, Manoscritti, 618, Sep. S. Croce 1596 (copy)	fol. 71v
ASF, Manoscritti, 250, Priorista Mariani III	fol. 504v
D. S. Pines, “Tomb Slabs of Santa Croce”, Columbia University	pp. 291-4

Notes

[a] According to Chiti (p. 142), Nofri was the first to be buried in the tomb as recorded in the Necrologio Cirri. The date is confirmed by the Grascia Libri Morti (187, fol. 339r), indicating that Nofri was living in the parish of San Pier Scheraggio and buried in Santa Croce on 20 July 1400.
[b] We thank Francesco Bettarini for this reference.
[c] According to city burial records, an unnamed son of Nofri di Giovanni Arnolfi died in the parish of S. Stefano and was buried in the church of Santa Croce, only two months after his father's burial there.
[d] Giovanni is named as the sole owner in the 1439 sepoltuario. His name appears on the tomb slab along with that of his brother Michele.