Arte di Calimala

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Arte di Calimala was one of medieval Florence’s most powerful merchant guilds, overseeing the import, finishing, and trade of high-quality foreign cloth and playing a major role in the city’s economic and political life.

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Label Occurrences
Arte di Calimala canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Florentine guild ⓘ
economic institution ⓘ
medieval merchant guild ⓘ
activeInCentury 13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
15th century ⓘ
activeInPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
commissioned bronze doors for the Baptistery of Florence ⓘ
commissionedFrom Andrea Pisano ⓘ
Lorenzo Ghiberti ⓘ
contributedTo international reputation of Florentine textiles ⓘ
wealth of Florence ⓘ
couldElect members to the Signoria of Florence ⓘ
country Republic of Florence ⓘ
governedBy consuls ⓘ
guild council ⓘ
hadHeadquartersOn Via Calimala in Florence ⓘ
hadMembers cloth merchants ⓘ
wealthy merchants ⓘ
hadPoliticalPower yes ⓘ
importedFrom Flanders ⓘ
France ⓘ
other European regions ⓘ
industry cloth trade ⓘ
international commerce ⓘ
textile finishing ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
locatedIn Florence ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Tuscany ⓘ
maintained guild courts for commercial disputes ⓘ
guild statutes ⓘ
partOf Arti Maggiori ⓘ
patronOf Baptistery doors of Florence ⓘ
Baptistery of San Giovanni ⓘ
public works in Florence ⓘ
playedRoleIn Florentine economy ⓘ
Florentine politics ⓘ
rankWithinFlorentineGuildSystem major guild ⓘ
regulated quality of imported cloth ⓘ
standards of finishing processes ⓘ
weights and measures for cloth trade ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic cultural context ⓘ
responsibleFor maintenance of the Baptistery of Florence ⓘ
specializedIn finishing of high-quality cloth ⓘ
import of foreign cloth ⓘ
re-export of finished cloth ⓘ
usedCurrency Florentine florin ⓘ
linked to: Tuscan florin

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Florentine guilds → hasPart → Arte di Calimala ⓘ
Lorenzo Ghiberti → employer → Arte di Calimala ⓘ
Arti Maggiori → hasPart → Arte di Calimala ⓘ
South Doors → commissionedBy → Arte di Calimala ⓘ