Memorials

S. Barnaba 00 Porta

Rosselli Number	0.0
Memorial Type
Status	extant
Current Repository	in situ
Primary Installation	wall
Secondary Installation	na
Tomb Form	na
Liturgical Orientation	E
Documented Types
Component Parts	architrave lowest of the three main parts of an entablature that rests on the abacus of a column, comprising a horizontal beam that spans the columns or piers in the manner of a lintel. The other two parts of the entablature are the cornice and the frieze Alternate Names: lintel Getty ID: 300001780 relief sculpture
Decorative Elements
Material	terracotta terra cotta; terra-cotta; baked or semi-fired material that is usually a mixture of clay, grog, and water; it has been used for pottery, statuettes, lamps, roof tiles, and cornices since ancient times. It may be glazed prior to firing. To produce an item, terracotta is molded or shaped, dried for several days, then fired to at least 600C. It is fireproof, lighter in weight than stone, and usually brownish red in color. Getty ID: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300010669
Database ID	31980

circa 1350 (date is approximate) a
1528 to 1529 b	decoration

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Under the control of the Guild of the Spice Dealers

Arte dei Medici e Speziali		circa 1528 (date is approximate) to present c
Città di Firenze
Parte Guelfa

ASF, Manoscritti, 625, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy)	pp. 1381
G. Richa, Notizie istoriche delle chiese fiorentine	vol. 7, p. 57

[a] The main door to the church was part of its original fourteenth-century construction and is likely when the arms of the Florentine Republic, Florentine people, and Parte Guelfa were installed in its architrave.
[b] According to Stefano Rosselli, the arms of the Arte de Medici e Speziali, the guild responsible for the church, were in several places throughout the complex. The glazed terracotta relief with their arms (The seated Virgin and Child within a tabernacle) and inscription was made by Giovanni della Robbia soon after the convent was given to a group of Carmelite nuns, perhaps as a way to re-emphasize that the guild held ius patronatus
[c] The glazed terracotta arms of the Doctors and Spicers Guild are attributed to the della Robbia workshop under the leadership of Giovanni della Robbia between 1528 and 1529.