Inscriptions

Inscription #1948, Carmine 109 Religiosi del Convento

Diplomatic Transcription

Sortem celebro Crysippi evolvere pugnas
Solvere Zenonis quodq. dolosus habet
Frigidulo heu albus moriens sub marmore clausus
Quanta est heu Logicis facta ruina viris

Critical Transcription

Sortem celebro Crysippi evolvere pugnas
Solvere Zenonis quodq(ue) dolosus habet
Frigidulo heu albus moriens sub marmore clausus
Quanta est heu Logicis facta ruina viris

Regularized Transcription

Sortem celebro Crysippi evolvere pugnas
Solvere Zenonis quodque dolosus habet
Frigidulo heu albus moriens sub marmore clausus
Quanta est heu Logicis facta ruina viris

Translation

I celebrate that the fate of Chrysippus to unfold battles
to unbind the fate of Zeno whatever the crafty has
Alas, white, closed under this somewhat cold marble
Alas how great the destruction was made by logical men

Memorial Carmine 109 Religiosi del Convento
Taken From manuscript
Position slab
Text Direction frn
Letterform Frn
Languages
  • Latin a
Database ID 1948

Notes

  • [a] trying to be an elegiac couplet