Memorials

S. Croce 079 tomb of Giovanni di Francesco della Foresta

Situated In

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

Rosselli Number	79.0
Memorial Type
Status	extant
Current Repository	in situ
Primary Installation	floor
Secondary Installation	frn
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, Niccolò di Guido di M. Francesco di Arrigo di Manetto (della Foresta)		1440
della Foresta, Giovanni di Ruberto di Bartolomeo di Niccolò di Francesco (medico)		September 24th, 1567
della Foresta, Giovanni di Ruberto di Bartolomeo di Niccolò di Francesco (medico)		after September 24th, 1567
Gertrude (uxor Giovanni di Ruberto della Foresta medico)		March 29th, 1589
della Foresta, Antonio di Giovanni di Ruberto di Bartolomeo di Niccolò		April 7th, 1589
della Foresta, Ruberto di Giovanni di Ruberto di Bartolomeo di Niccolò		after 1589
della Foresta, Girolamo (messer) di Giovanni di Ruberto di Bartolomeo di Niccolò		January 10th, 1617

Groups (1 total)

della Foresta

after September 24th, 1567

Related Memorials (1 total)

S. Croce 008a Cappella di S. Sebastiano de Franzesi della Foresta

Sources (6 total)

C. Cheli, Le lapidi terragne di Santa Croce III, 1500-1931	pp. 526-527, no. 137
ASF, Manoscritti, 252, Priorista Mariani V	fol. 1262v
ASF, Manoscritti, 619, Sep. S. Croce 1439	fol. 17
ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy)	pp. 300
ASF, Manoscritti, 618, Sep. S. Croce 1596 (copy)	fol. 54
ASF, Manoscritti, 519, Carte Mariani Dei	vol. 519/II, ins. 36 (Franzesi o della Foresta), fol. 20

Notes

[a] Though the family had rights to a gravesite early on, they did not embellish it until the sixteenth century.