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Memorials

Monastero di Candeli 01 Corsi family arms and inscription

Situated In

S. Maria dei Candeli
Memorial Type plaque
Status extant
Current Repository in situ
Primary Installation wall
Secondary Installation no additional components
Tomb Form na
Liturgical Orientation unk
Documented Types
  • arme
Component Parts
  • plaque
Decorative Elements
  • a
Database ID 32023

Dates

Maybe 1258 (date is uncertain) b
1592 c
renovation

Inscriptions (1 total)

2563 HÆC FAMILIÆ SVÆ INSIGNIA / PENÈ VETVSTATE CONSVMPTA / CVRSII RESTITVÈRE M•D•LXXXXII The Corsi restored these emblems of their family nearly destroyed by old age in 1592

Groups (1 total)

Corsi
circa 1258 (date is approximate) to circa 1808 (date is approximate) d

Sources (3 total)

ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy) pp. 489
G. Richa, Notizie istoriche delle chiese fiorentine pp. 290
S. Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, autograph pp. 554

Notes

  • [] The copyist misread Rosselli's abbreviation of "pęne," believing the cedilla to be an additional Roman numeral C, and thus copied the date as 1359.
  • [a] The extant inscription embedded in the wall overlooking Borgo Pinti, surely what Stefano Rosselli saw, matches his description in everything except the date. According to the surviving stone plaque, the restoration took place in MDLXXXXII (1592) but Rosselli's autograph indicates MCCCLVIIII (1359).
  • [b] In recognition of their endowment to found and build the convent of Santa Maria di Candeli, the Corsi placed their coat of arms on the exterior of the church, and possibly elsewhere. Stefano Rosselli reported that he saw two coats of arms, noting that they carried the date 1259. (The ASFi copyist misread an abbreviation mark above Rosselli's date as a third "C," and rendered the date as 1359). Giuseppe Richa instead described the two coats of arms as carrying the dates 1258 and 1292. This last date may be a typographical error for the date that is inscribed on the extant plaque, noting the restoration of the arms in 1592.
  • [c] A plaque describing the renovation of the Corsi family arms that had deteriorated over time carries the date 1592.
  • [d] The family's restored arms were still visible in 1755 when Giuseppe Richa published his description of the church of S. Maria di Candeli. While the arms may have survived the suppression in 1808, now only the inscription remains.