Memorials

Angeli 01.1 Altar Maggiore

circa 1295 to circa 1372 (date is approximate)

circa 1297 (date is approximate) a

decoration

by December 28th, 1363

circa 1295 (date is approximate) to circa 1372 (date is approximate)

circa 1373 (date is approximate)

G. Farulli, Istoria cronologica	pp. 3
G. Tigler, “Lo sviluppo architettonico del complesso"	pp. 39-40, 128n12
D. Gordon, "The paintings"	pp. 189

[a] According to the 1710 chronicle by don Gregorio Farulli, which he based on the monastery's Registro Nuovo, the monastery's founder don Orlando built the first church, or oratory, on the grounds of what would become the monastic complex. Its altar was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and carried a painted altarpiece by the otherwise unknown Vanni Pisano. Modern scholars (Tigler, Gordon) have noted Farulli's error that Vanni's wooden altarpiece was three braccia high, when this was the measurement of the altar table's width. The painting likely depicted a Virgin in Majesty (Tigler, Gordon).
[b] A Bernardo Ardinghelli left funds for an annual mass for his soul on the feast of St. Bernard, August 20th. Unfortunately, Santa Maria degli Angeli records only give his first name and surname, but he was almost certainly the esteemed city magistrate and ambassador Bernardo di Lapo. Ardinghelli died sometime between April 30th, 1362 and December 27th, 1363, and his annual mass continued at least through 1402 when it was recorded in the monastery's Registro Nuovo among the required feasts and honorees for August. As the records also do not specify which altar was used, we assume it was at the high altar.