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Memorials

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

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 134 1439: frn
S. Croce 135 1439: frn
S. Croce 136 1439: frn
S. Croce 137 1439: frn
S. Croce 138 1439: frn
S. Croce 139 1439: frn
S. Croce 140 1439: frn
S. Croce 141 1439: frn
S. Croce 160 1439: frn
S. Croce 161 1439: frn
S. Croce 162 1349: frn
S. Croce 17 Medici Ciborio: frn

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