Inscriptions

Inscription #1857, Ospedale degli Innocenti 6 1641

Diplomatic Transcription

D.O.M.
NICOLAVS PIERIVS
IN VIGILI PRVDENTIA CENTOCVLVS ARGVS
IN ARDVO REGIMINE CAELIFER ATLAS
HIC DEMUM
NATVRAE INELVCTABILI FATO
AC MORTIS TABIFICIS ARMIS
PRIOR ET ARCHIPRESBITER
OCCVBVIT
A. AET. LV D. MDCXLI

Critical Transcription

D(eo) O(ptimo) M(aximo) / Nicolaus Pierius in vigili prudentia centoculus Argus / in arduo regimine caelifer Atlas/ hic demum / naturae ineluctabili fato / ac mortis tabificis armis / Prior et Archipresbiter / occubuit. A(nno) aet(atis) LV D(omini) MDCXLI

Regularized Transcription

Deo Optimo Maximo. Nicolaus Pierius in vigili prudentia centoculus Argus. In arduo regimine caelifer Atlas. Hic demum naturae ineluctabili fato ac mortis tabificis armis Prior et Archipresbiter occubuit. Anno aetatis 55 Domini 1641.

Translation

To God, most good, most great. Niccolò Pieri a one hundred-eyed Argus in watchful prudence, a heaven-bearing Atlas in arduous control, here finally by the inescapable fate of nature, and the corrosive weapons of death, the Prior and Archpresbyter laid. In the year of our Lord 1641, at age 55.