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:
Reading edition
. . . Com’ io riguardando tra lor vengo, In una borsa gialla vidi azzurro, Che di lione avea faccia e contegno. DANTE, Inferno, XVII, 58–60. And when amongst them looking round I came, A yellow purse I saw with azure wrought, That wore a lion’s countenance and port. H. F. Cary’s translation.
The lines describe the arms of the Gianfigliazzi who descended from Gian figlio di Azzo. Dante finds one of the family as indicated among those who have done violence to Art, their love of gold still haunting them in the other world.
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