Monument to Orazio Scotti or Horatio Scotto

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Comment by William Douglas on August 21, 2023 at 10:06

Comment by J Ruaidri Douglas on August 21, 2023 at 7:32

• armed (in the lower left; in the lower right)
  • identification:  Famiglia Scotti
  • description:  A Norman shield with two stars divided by six points by a diagonal band.
• commemorative inscription (al center)
  • DOM/ COUNT HORATIO SCOTO/ OF PAULI AEMILI, COUNT OF SARMATI FROM THE HOUSE OF RANGON BY THE SON/ OF THE FIRST MARCHION OF THE WHITE MOUNTAIN/ AND THE COMMANDER OF THE WAR OF PLEASANTIA AND OF THE PARMA LEADERS OF MACHINE/ WHOSE PRAISE IS HIGH/ HE HAD THE HOUSE OF FARHESIA AS A DISCIPLE OF VIRTUES/ ALEXANDER AS A TEACHER OF RAINUTIUM FOR AN EXAMPLE/ AND IN THE WARS IN BELGIUM AND GAUL I PROVED MY MILITARY WORK [...]/ NOT LESS WOUNDED THAN SERVANTS/ AND IN PEACE HE EXHIBITED DEXTERITY AND FAITH/ IN DIFFICULT LEGATIONS/ THREE TIMES TO PHILIP THE THIRD KING OF SPAIN/ OFTEN TO ALL THE PRINCES OF ITALY/ UTROBIQ WITH STRENGTH AND PRUDENCE FROM THE MANUFACTURER OF FORTUNE/ RARE ADVANTAGE OF COUNSELS/ HE DIED IN THE GREATEST OPINION OF ALL NOR THE LEAST DESIRED/ THE 6TH OF MARCH AN SAL MDCXXIX AET 61/ RAINUTIUS UTR SIG REF EPISC BURGIS DONINI/ AND WITH THE POWER OF LEGACY[...] LATER IN SWITZERLAND AND RHAETY THE MESSENGER/ AND ODOARDUS MARCH OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS/ THE SON OF THE MOST DEAR PARENTS OPT MER
  • note:  in a capital letter
• commemorative inscription (in basso al centro)
  • LUCRETIA, DAUGHTER OF PHILIPPI ALZIATI NOBLE OF GENUINE / HEIR OF THE PATERNAL FAMILY, FORMERLY THE WIFE OF COUNT HORATIUS OF SCOTUS / WITH NO LESS FEEDING OF VIRTUE THAN THE CHILDREN OF ANY NAME / HER MATCH AND WORTHFUL OF A HUSBAND WHOM NOT TO ALL PERISH HE LEFT CHILDREN OF HIMSELF / RAINUTIUM ODOARDUS PHILIPPUS DOMITILLA AMILIA SULPITIAM / DIED FEBRUARY 21, 1688 / IOANNAE PRATAE SCOTAE OF ALEXANDER AND LUCRETIA / ARCELLA OF THE NOBLE PLACENTIS DAUGHTER OF THE WIFE OF THE MARCION / ORATIUS OF THE GREAT BENEFACTOR RAYNUTIUS EPUS / BURGI S.TI DONNINI AFTER THE LEGATIONS OF SWITZERLAND AND GAUL / NOR THE PREFECTOR OF THE PROVINCE OF PICENA AND SAC. PALACE/ APOS 1655 THE MONUMENT OF THE GRATEFUL SOUL
  • note:  in the capital letter from the Arabic numerals; data dell'opera

Comment by J Ruaidri Douglas on December 5, 2021 at 7:36

Thank you, Ruaidri! Nice work.

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on November 24, 2021 at 20:56

Typology sepulchral monument
Measurements cm 400.0x182.0x40.0 (HxLxP)
Dating 17th century (1655)
Author Algardi Alessandro (workshop of) , Bolognese workshop
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Materials and technique carved white marble;

commemorative inscription (center)
Dom/Count Horatius of Scotland AND IN WAR IN BELGIUM GALLIA I HAVE PROVED MILITARY ATTENTION... FORTUNATE AND SKILLFUL FORTUNE A maker of good fortune rarely died in the opinion of a maidservant in the greatest of all plans] ON THE SIDE OF SWITZERLAND AND ROSE
note: in the capital

letter commemorative (in basso al center)
LUCRETIA PHILIP ALZIATI, FAMOUS DAUGHTER OF GENESIS/FAMILY HEIR, FIRST WIFE OF EARL HORATIUS SCOTUS RAINUTIUS ODOARDO PHILIP LEFT DOMITILLA AMILIA SULPITIAM/ DIED 21 February 1608 THE PREFACE OF THE PROVINCE PINE AND SAC. OF THE PALACE/APOS. He then placed a
note of gratitude in 1655 : in the capital letters of the Arabic number; data dell'opera

Comment by J Ruaidri Douglas on November 21, 2021 at 10:51

William, here is a link that has the inscription. Page will translate out of Italian, but it does not translate inscription, out of the Latin.

Comment by J Ruaidri Douglas on November 21, 2021 at 10:49

https://www.beweb.chiesacattolica.it/heritage/work/6230334/Bott.+di...

Comment by J Ruaidri Douglas on November 21, 2021 at 9:14

PS

Enjoyed the unpublished link to Douglas history, Piacenza.

Comment by J Ruaidri Douglas on November 21, 2021 at 9:11

William, I did not recall seeing a transcription for this. Will investigate further.   

Comment by William Douglas on November 16, 2021 at 13:53

I was working on the Piacenza article this morning - not yet published.  Here is what is currently available:  http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/Places/piacenza.html  

Is there a transcription of the memorial?

I note that the lower inscription mentions Philippi, probably the one who built The Palazzo della Prefettura also called the Palazzo Scotti di Vigoleno.

See this video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xZfBiXvs5Ivnefvz3oPGr3LZo7J5w318/v...;

Comment by J Ruaidri Douglas on November 15, 2021 at 13:14

Looks like Scoto with one T on inscription. Its funny, I could not relocate this photo using the name on monument, Horatio Scoto. Some cross referencing led me to Orazio Scotti. Only then could I relocate the source of this image. Have seen this with a few others. Both in, Latin & Italian.