Inscriptions from Dante’s Divina Commedia in the streets of Florence

About this eBook

Author

Riedisser, Ida, 1853-1927

Title

Inscriptions from Dante's Divina Commedia in the streets of Florence

Original Publication

Milan: Alfieri & Lacroix, 1913.

Credits

Vicki Parnell, Fay Dunn and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Subject

Inscriptions, Italian -- Italy -- Florence

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79531

Release Date

September 7, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Inscriptions from Dante’s Divina Commedia in the streets of Florence
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.PREFACE.
7. 7.N. 1. - Inscription put up in PALAZZO VECCHIO , First Court :
8. 8.N. 2. - Inscription to Commemorate the CERCHIA ANTICA , placed at the entrance of the Church of the Badia in Via Dante Alighieri :
9. 9.N. 3. - Inscription placed at the outlet of BORGO DEI GRECI near Piazza Signoria :
10. 10.N. 4. - Inscription and coat of arms to commemorate the family of the GALIGAI on the corner of the tower which forms a part of N. 9 Via dei Cerchi facing Via dei Tavolini. This was one of the 12 towers of the Galigai who were proprietors of a whole square of houses, inside of which was also built the ancient Church of San Michele, now San Carlo in Via dei Calzaioli :
11. 11.N. 5. - Inscription and coat of arms commemorating the LAMBERTI Via Pellicceria N. 10 on the side front, facing VIA LAMBERTI . Here stood the houses that constituted the so called die of the Lamberti :
12. 12.N. 6. - Inscription and coat of arms to commemorate the VISDOMINI placed in the ancient tower in Via dell’Oche underneath the bridge-holes that still exist. The tower and adjoining palace (with access 16 from Via delle Scheletre N. 3) belonged from times immemorial to the family of the Visdomini, the inner part facing the Corte and PIAZZA DEI VISDOMINI. The yard and houses were afterwards incorporated in the inclosure of the “Canonica del Duomo” :
13. 13.N. 7. - Inscription to commemorate HUGO OF TUSCANY ( UGO DI TOSCANA ) put up at the entrance of the Badia in Via del Proconsolo :
14. 14.N. 8. - Inscription to commemorate the SESTO DI BORGO, the section of the Borgo, put up at the TOWER DEI BALDOVINETTI having its entrance from Borgo SS. Apostoli N. 2.
15. 15.N. 9. - Inscription which commemorates BELLINCION-BERTI visible on the palazzo Via del Proconsolo N. 9, side front, facing Via del Corso, precisely where the houses of the Berti Bellicioni formerly stood :
16. 16.N. 10. - Inscription and coat of arms to commemorate the GIANFIGLIAZZI were placed upon the house next to the TORRIONE in Via Tornabuoni N. 1, being one of the oldest possessions of the Gianfigliazzi :
17. 17.N. 11. - Inscription and coat of arms commemorating FILIPPO ARGENTI at the house N. 14 Corso. Up to the XIIᵗʰ century this house belonged to the 30 family of the CAVICCIULI , of whom the ARGENTI were a branch :
18. 18.N. 12. - Inscription and coat of arms commemorating the BUONDELMONTI N. 5 Borgo SS. Apostoli, which was the principal palace of the family and on the façade of which is still to be seen the 32 emblem of the People of Florence, placed there, when the family resigned their privilege of nobility :
19. 19.N. 13. - Inscription and coat of arms to commemorate the AMIDEI on the right hand side of the ancient tower in Via Por S. Maria N. 1, which once belonged to the Amidei :
20. 20.N. 14. - Inscription on PONTE VECCHIO (in the middle) :
21. 21.N. 15. - Inscription on PONTE VECCHIO —north side, where once stood the maimed statue of Mars :
22. 22.N. 16. - Inscription and coat of arms to commemorate the UBERTI in the first court of Palazzo Vecchio :
23. 23.N. 17. - Inscription commemorating FARINATA DEGLI UBERTI Palazzo Vecchio—in the first court :
24. 24.N. 18. - The inscription and coat of arms of the ABATI is placed in Via dei Tavolini N. 10 near the corner of Via Calzaioli, on the spot formerly covered by the houses of the ABATI , bordering on 46 the houses of the Della Bella and the grounds of the Church of San Bartolomeo al Corso :
25. 25.N. 19. - Inscription and coat of arms to commemorate GIANO DELLA BELLA in Piazza dei Tavolini :
26. 26.N. 20. - The inscription placed at the corner of Via del Corso and Via del Proconsolo commemorates the PORTA SAN PIERO . Here stood up to the beginning of this century traces of the arch 54 of the ancient Porta San Piero, built at the same time as the first circle of the walls of Florence :
27. 27.N. 21. - Inscription and coat of arms to commemorate the houses of the ELISEI N. 3 Via degli Speziali. This locality corresponds to the mouth of Vicolo della Coroncina, which was bounded on this side 58 by the houses of the Elisei, that extended towards Piazza del Mercato Vecchio (Piazza Vittorio Emanuele) :
28. 28.N. 22. - The inscription and coat of arms to commemorate the house of DANTE ALIGHIERI is not yet in its place, but will probably be placed in Via Dante Alighieri :
29. 29.N. 23. - The inscription to commemorate BRUNETTO LATINI is placed outside the Chapel of the Carnesecchi in Santa Maria Maggiore, inside of which there is an inscription and part of an ancient tombstone of Brunetto Latini.
30. 30.N. 24. - Inscription and coat of arms to commemorate the PORTINARI in Via del Corso, Palazzo Cepparello:
31. 31.N. 25. - Inscription and coat of arms to commemorate the CAVALCANTI . Via dei Calzaioli near the entrance from Porta Rossa:
32. 32.N. 26. - Inscription and coat of arms to commemorate the DONATI at the left side of the tower on the Corso N. 2 (with entrance from Piazza Donati). The building is a remnant of one of the 76 Donati towers, which rose by the side of the entrance to their Piazza and Corte :
33. 33.N. 27. - Inscription at the ZECCA VECCHIA which faces the Arno.
34. 34.N. 28. - Inscription and coat of arms to commemorate the ADIMARI placed near the arcade of N. 17 in Via dell’Oche. On this spot was the famous Loggia called la Neghittosa, belonging to the CONSORTERIA 82 of the ADIMARI , which rose among the towers, palaces and houses belonging to those families :
35. 35.N. 29. - Inscription outside Porta San Miniato placed at the foot of the stairway that leads to the MONTE ALLE CROCE :
36. 36.N. 30. - Inscription in S. GIOVANNI on the pavement at the side of Via Cerretani :
37. 37.N. 31. - Inscription at SAN GIOVANNI on the pavement at the side of the Duomo : — Transcriber’s Note

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