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Cappelle Medicee
Detail #7

Inscription on one of the Chapel monuments:

H(IC) S(EPULTUS) E(ST)
COSMUS PETRI F(ILIUS)
COSMI M(AGNI) D(UCIS) ETR(URIAE) PRIMI N(EPOS)
IN QUADRIMATU ELATUS
A(NNO) MDLXXVI
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HERE IS BURIED
COSIMO SON OF PIERO
GRANDSON OF COSIMO FIRST GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY
TAKEN AWAY WHEN FOUR-YEAR OLD
IN THE YEAR 1576

Translation: M. Fidecaro