generic term for grave marker found on a wall or ceiling/vault to draw attention to a floor tomb or grave; sometimes called a "formella" in Italian scholarship when referring to a framed stone block
escutcheon
shield, or shield-like surface upon which coats of arms are depicted
coating (as opposed to technique or type/function) that is a dispersion of pigment in a liquid binder; applied with a brush, roller, sprayer, or by dipping; dries to form a decorative or protective film
probably had this role; for burials, the individual is owner/heir, and/or spouse, parent, or child is interred here; no conflicting evidence that the person is buried elsewhere
presumed role based on incomplete evidence; for burials, we know the burial is in this church, we think it is in this tomb; for patronage and other relationships, there is evidence to suggest the connection, but it has not been confirmed
presumed role based on incomplete evidence; for burials, we know the burial is in this church, we think it is in this tomb; for patronage and other relationships, there is evidence to suggest the connection, but it has not been confirmed
maybe held this role; for burials, based on ancestry and/or generic inscription reference, the individual would have had burial rights, but no evidence has been found to confirm burial here
maybe held this role; for burials, based on ancestry and/or generic inscription reference, the individual would have had burial rights, but no evidence has been found to confirm burial here
maybe held this role; for burials, based on ancestry and/or generic inscription reference, the individual would have had burial rights, but no evidence has been found to confirm burial here
maybe held this role; for burials, based on ancestry and/or generic inscription reference, the individual would have had burial rights, but no evidence has been found to confirm burial here
[a] On 15 July 1396 Benincasa Mannucci died and was buried at his parish church of San Frediano. Later that year, his son Jacopo recorded that he had obtained rights to install a tomb for himself and his family (per me e mia famiglia) at the church of Santo Spirito instead. Other family records note that Jacopo's tomb was the first personalized monument for the family. At some point before 20 March 1398, when he divided his father's property with his brothers, Jacopo installed this new family sepulcher in Santo Spirito's old cemetery over which he placed the family's coat of arms in stone (l'arme nostra di pietra) accompanied by an inscription. These events are among the twenty-two entries that survive from Jacopo's diary (ricordi), preserved in a verbatim copy by Ser Antonio Vannucci (Bib. Moreniana, 178, fol. 199.) Jacopo's son Lorenzo commissioned a second inscription plaque to mark the day of Jacopo's death on October 9, 1406 (ibid., fol. 204). The memorial was later moved to the cloister where it remains today.
[b] Added after death of Jacopo di Benenicasa in 1406.
[c] Ricordi suggest that stone may have been painted as it describes the blue field and gold bars and star, but could simply be describing the family's heraldry and not the marker itself.
[e] Jacopo notes receipt of his burial plot as item 20 in his Ricordi.
[f] Her husband established this tomb for himself and his family. Unless she requested a return to her birth family, Cice was most likely buried with her husband.
[g] Mannucci ricordi say he was buried in S. Spirito but does not mention tomb specifically; nevertheless, he surely was buried in his grandfather's tomb.
[h] Mannucci ricordi say he was buried in S. Spirito; surely in his grandfather's tomb
