Memorials

S. Croce 79 mag. Giovanni della Foresta

Situated In

friary of S. Croce -- chiesa -- right aisle

Rosselli Number	79.0
Memorial Type
Status	extant
Current Repository	in situ
Tomb Form	rectangular
Liturgical Orientation	E
Length	3.34
Width	1.55
Documented Types	deposito lapida chiusino fossa
Component Parts	grave slab cover
Decorative Elements
Material	bronze copper-tin alloy; refers to a broad range of alloys of copper, specifically any non-ferrous alloy of copper, tin, and zinc or other trace metals in varying proportions from 70 to 95 percent copper in surviving ancient artifacts. Because of the copper base, bronze may be very malleable and easy to work. By the Middle Ages in Europe, it was recognized that using the metals in certain proportions could yield specific properties. Some modern bronzes contain no tin at all, substituting other metals such as aluminum, manganese, and even zinc. Historically, the term was used interchangeably with "latten." U.S. standard bronze is composed of 90% copper, 7% tin and 3% zinc. Ancient bronze alloys sometimes contained up to 14% tin. marble
Database ID	11393

Dates

before 1439 a

Inscriptions (1 total)

1787

D.O.M.
IOANNI FRANZESIO
DE FORESTA PHI
LOSOPHO AC ME
DICO PARENTI OP
TIMO BENE MERI
TO FILII DVLCISSI
MI POSVERVNT

[arms]

OBIIT A•D• MDLXVII
NO NO
CAL OCTOBRIS

To god the greatest, the highest. For Giovanni Franzesi de Foresta, philosopher and doctor, the best father, rightly deserving, his dearest sons placed this.

He died in the year of our Lord 1567 on the ninth day before the Kalends of October [23 September]

Individuals (7 total)

Franzesi della Foresta, Niccolò di Guido	1440	b
Foresti, Giovanni (maestro) (Franzesi della Foresta, medico)	September 24th, 1567
Foresti, Giovanni (maestro) (Franzesi della Foresta, medico)	after September 24th, 1567
Gertrude (uxor Mag. Giovanni Franzesi della Foresta)	1589	c
Franzesi della Foresta, Antonio di Mag. Giovanni	1590, 1620 or a year in between
Franzesi della Foresta, Girolamo di Mag. Giovanni	1590, 1620 or a year in between
Foresti, Roberto di Mag. Giovanni (Franzesi della Foresta)	after 1589

Groups (1 total)

Foresti

after September 24th, 1567 d

Related Memorials (1 total)

S. Croce 8 Cappella di S. Sebastiano

Sources (5 total)

C. Cheli, Le lapidi terragne di Santa Croce III, 1500-1931	pp. 526-527, no. 137
ASF, Manoscritti, 618, Sep. S. Croce 1596 (copy)	fol. 54
ASF, Manoscritti, 619, Sep. S. Croce 1439	fol. 17
ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy)	pp. 300
ASF, Manoscritti, 252, Priorista Mariani V	fol. 1262v

Notes

[a] family had rights to grave early on but did not embellish it until later sixteenth century
[b] noted in copy of 1439 sepoltuario
[c] husband's tomb, in Libro dei Morti for 1589
[d] burial date of honoree
[e] remained as an unfinished grave until descendants decorated in 16th century