Memorials

S. Bartolomeo 5.2a Cappella de' Buonaccorsi

Situated In

Alternate Names

Altare moderno con questa Arme

Memorial Type	altar
Status	lost
Current Repository	frn
Primary Installation	na
Secondary Installation	na
Tomb Form	na
Liturgical Orientation	S
Documented Types	altare cappella
Component Parts	mensa plaque mural sculpture in the round
Decorative Elements	portrait angel Generic term for ministering spirits or divine messengers known in several theologies, forming an order of spiritual beings superior to man in power and intelligence. In Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and other theologies, the attendants and messengers of the Deity. Alternate Names: putto; cherub; seraph; archangel
Material
Database ID	32259

Dates

1605
circa 1842 (date is approximate)

Inscriptions (1 total)

ALTARE HOC ANTONIVS BONACCVRSIVS NICOLAI FIL. / INSTAVRANDVM SVIS SVMPTIBVS CVRAVIT / ANNO DOMINI M D CV

Antonio Buonaccorso, son of Niccolò, took care that this altar be restored at his own expense in the year of the Lord 1605

Groups (2 total)

Buonaccorsi		1605
Gerini		1605 to circa 1842 (date is approximate)	a

Related Memorials (3 total)

S. Bartolomeo 5.1 Cappella de' Gerini	1605
S. Bartolomeo 5.2b reliquary of S. Bartolomeo:	1708
S. Bartolomeo 6 Altar

Sources (1 total)

G. Richa, Notizie istoriche delle chiese fiorentine

vol. 7, p. 217

Notes

[a] Though the chapel had passed to the Buonaccorsi family, who renovated it in 1605, the Gerini arms remained on the right-hand wall near the altar.