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 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:
Reading edition
........... ed avea Galigaio Dorata in casa sua già l’elsa e il pome. DANTE, Paradiso, XVI, 101–102. ........... and Galigaio showed The golden hilt and pommel in his house. H. F. Cary’s translation.
Cacciaguida mentions the Galigai among the chief Florentine families of his time; the golden hilt and pommel were the symbols of Knighthood.
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