“QUI MUSAS STUDIIS, QUI MURIS AUXIT ET ÆDES”

1786

Original Text

Anthony à Wood, The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford, ed. John Gutch, 3 vols. (Oxford: Clarendon, 1786), iii. 560 [London. British Library, HLR. 378.42574]

Transcription

‘QUI MUSAS STUDIIS, QUI MURIS AUXIT ET ÆDES, HIC SITUS EST: CURA PRÆSES, AMORE PARENS. PRÆSIDIS OFFICIO FUNCTUS, FATO EST QUOQUE FUNCTUS: PROQUE GRAVI, PLACIDUM, MUNERE FUNUS HABET. FATA JOHANNENSES, DIVI TOLERATE JOHANNIS; PERDIDIT, UT VESTRUM VOS CAPUT ILLE SUUM.’

Translation

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