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Memorials

S. Croce 017a Cappella Maggiore degl’Alberti del Giudice

Situated In

complesso di S. Croce -- basilica di S. Croce -- transetto -- cappella maggiore

Alternate Names

  • Cappella della Croce
  • Cappella dell'Altar Maggiore
  • Cappella Maggiore
  • Chapel of the Holy Cross
  • High Altar Chapel
  • S. Croce 1439.01 Cappella Maggiore
Rosselli Number 17.0
Memorial Type chapel
Status extant
Current Repository in situ
Primary Installation na
Secondary Installation na
Tomb Form na
Liturgical Orientation E
Documented Types
  • cappella
  • ciborio
Component Parts
  • chapel
  • mensa
  • stained glass
  • mural
Decorative Elements
Material
Database ID 545

Dates

circa 1298 to 1330
1348 a
circa 1380 b
decoration

Groups (1 total)

Alberti
May 3rd, 1348 or July 9th, 1348 c

Related Memorials (13 total)

S. Croce 017b Altare della Croce degl’Alamanni:
S. Croce 017c Medici Ciborio:
S. Croce 017d one of eleven burial spots for men from the Alberti family:
S. Croce 017e one of eleven burial spots for men from the Alberti family:
S. Croce 017f one of eleven burial spots for men from the Alberti family:
S. Croce 017g one of eleven burial spots for men from the Alberti family:
S. Croce 017h one of eleven burial spots for men from the Alberti family:
S. Croce 017i one of eleven burial spots for men from the Alberti family:
S. Croce 017j one of eleven burial spots for men from the Alberti family:
S. Croce 017k one of eleven burial spots for men from the Alberti family:
S. Croce 017l one of eleven burial spots for men from the Alberti family:
S. Croce 017m one of eleven burial spots for men from the Alberti family:
S. Croce 017n one of eleven burial spots for men from the Alberti family:

Sources (8 total)

AOSC, 46, Sepoltuario del 1596 fol. 6v
AOSC, 47, Sepoltuario del 1439 (copia) pp. 1
AOSC, 46, Sepoltuario del 1596 pp. 1
AOSC, 46, Sepoltuario del 1596 fol. 2
ASF, Manoscritti, 618, Sep. S. Croce 1596 (copy) fol. 1
ASF, Manoscritti, 619, Sep. S. Croce 1439 fol. 1
ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy) pp. 279-80
ASF, Manoscritti, 628, Sepoltuari da Francesco della Foresta pp. 523

Notes

  • [a] Alberti secure patronage either by meeting with friars and heads of five Alberti families or through will of Alberto di Lapo degli Alberti
  • [b] Agnolo Gaddi decorates chapel with scenes of Holy Cross
  • [c] testament of Alberto di Lapo degli Alberti leaving 500 gold florins for funerary chapel to be built by heirs