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Memorials

S. Croce 307 Antonio di Marabottino Rustici 1528

Situated In

friary of S. Croce -- chiesa -- nave

Rosselli Number	307.0
Memorial Type
Status	extant
Current Repository	in situ
Primary Installation	floor
Secondary Installation	no additional components
Tomb Form	rectangular
Liturgical Orientation	E
Length	485.0
Width	217.0
Documented Types	lastrone chiusino
Component Parts	slab cover
Decorative Elements	bird crown
Material	Carrara marble type of marble quarried in the area around Carrara, Tuscany, Italy (Luna in antiquity), characterized by a fine, compact grain and varies in color from pure white to creamy white, sometimes with a bluish tinge; a favorite stone of sculptors from antiquity to the present, including Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564) Getty ID: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300011576 verde di Prato A soft Italian verd antique from Prato, Italy that is deep olive green with dark green spots and veins of clear green and white. It was first used by the ancient Greeks and Romans and continues to be used in modern times; it was notably used for much of the exterior decoration of the cathedral in Florence. Getty ID: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300011640 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.
Database ID	32044

Dates

1528	inscription
1714 a

Inscriptions (2 total)

1522	D • O • M • / [ANTONIO MARABOTTINI DE RUSTICIS / PATRI OPTIMO MARABOTTUS JO. / BAPT ET LEONARDUS PII FILII SIBI / ET POSTERIS POS / VIX AN LXVII OBIIT NONAS MAI MDXXVIII]	To God, the best and greatest. For Antonio di Marabottino de Rustici, the greatest father, Marabotto, Giovanni Battista, and Leonardo his pious sons, placed [this tomb] for themselves and their descendants. He lived 67 years. He died on the nones of May 1528 [i.e. May 7th, 1528]
2582	D • O • M / DICRETORIAM DIEM EXPECTATURUS / DOMINICUS OLIM FRAN: DE LEONIBUS CIVIS FLORENTINUS SIBI SUISQUE POSTERIS / SEPULCRUM HOC RISTAURANDUM OBTINUIT / ANNO ORBE REDEPMPTO MDCCXIV	To God, the best and greatest. Awaitng the day of his death, Domenico di Francesco de Leoni, Florentine citizen, obtained for himself and his descendants this tomb, restoring it in the year of the redemption of the world 1714

Individuals (2 total)

Rustici, Antonio di Marabottino di Antonio di Rustico di Rinieri		1528 to present
Leoni della Stella, Domenico		1714

Groups (2 total)

Rustici		1528 to present
Leoni della Stella		1714

Related Memorials (2 total)

S. Croce 308 tomb of Bishop John Catrick (d. 28 Dec 1419)
S. Croce Coro vecchio dei frati	1528 to 1570

Sources (3 total)

AOSC, 46, Sepoltuario del 1596	fol. 193a
Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali	rec. 0900283255
ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy)	pp. 348, no. 307

Notes

[a] An addendum to the sepoltuario of 1596 indicates that the Opera of Santa Croce gave rights to the Rustici tomb to Domenico Leoni della Stella, a transaction that did not result in the destruction of the slab dedicated to Antonio di Marabottino Rustici, but rather the addition of a small inscription at the foot of the original tomb.