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    The Arte di Calimala, the guild of the cloth finishers and merchants in foreign cloth, was one of the greater guilds of Florence, the Arti Maggiori, who...
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  • first of the Corporations was the Calimala corporation, or Merchants' Guild, which was formed in 1150. The name Calimala most likely derives from the Greek...
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    first of the guilds of Florence of which there is notice is the Arte di Calimala, the cloth-merchants' guild, mentioned in a document of about 1150. By...
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    Dante in Paradise. He was of noble birth but also a member of the Arte di Calimala, the wool merchant's guild. DELLA BELLA, Giano, Dizionario Biografico degli...
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    (butchers) 1415 St. John the Baptist Lorenzo Ghiberti Arte di Calimala (The Guild of Merchants of Calimala) 1414-16 St. George Donatello Arte dei Corazzai (armourers)...
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    Florence, Italy; the fountain was placed originally facing east, in via Calimala, in front of the pharmacy that by association gained the name Farmacia...
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    produced in limited qualities with high demand. The guild of the Arte di Calimala (importers, refinishers, and sellers of French and Transalpine cloth) annually...
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    the powerful guild that had the patronage of the Baptistery, the Arte di Calimala, determined to embellish it with a set of doors for the south portal, through...
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    date from the 12th century or later, financed by the Florentine Arte di Calimala (cloth merchants’ guild), who were responsible for the church's upkeep...
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    of Florentina, the name of the Roman colonia. The Via Roma and the Via Calimala are formed from the ancient cardo, and what was once the forum in ancient...
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