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12021-02-02T15:24:15-08:00Harith Kumte99279d66eba29dfb66cd2510732c5a9dd9b59c7a228495plain2023-06-09T12:35:23-07:00Jeanne Brittone120651dde677d5cf1fd515358b14d86eb289f11Nella cornice rovesciata della di lei porta, contrassegnata nella detta figura colla lett[era] A si legge la sottoposta iscrizione: + NON FVIT IGNARVS CVJVS DOMVS HEC NICOLAVS. Q[UO]D NIL MOMENTI SIBI MVNDI GLORIA SENTIT [..] / N.T.S.C.L.T.F.G.T.S. / VERVM Q[UO]D FECIT HANC NON TAM VANA COEGIT GL[ORI]A QVAM ROME VETEREM RENOVARE DECOREM. IN DOMIBVS PVLCRIS MEMORES ESTOTE SEPVLCRIS. CONFISQVE TIV NON IBI STARE DIV MORS VEHIT PENNIS NVLLI SVA VITA PERENNIS MANSIO NOSTRA BREVIS CVRSVS ET IPSE LEVIS. SI FVGIAS VENTVS SI CLAVDAS OSTIA C[ENTUM]. LIS GOR MILLE JVBES N[ON]. SINE MORTE CVBES SI MANEAS CASTRIS EE ME / VICIN[UM]. ET ASTRIS. OCIVS INDE SOLET TOLLERE QVOSQVOLIBET. SVRGIT IN ASTRA DOMVS SVBLIMIS CVLMINA CVJUS PRIM. DE PRIMIS MAGNAS NICOLAVS AB IMIS EREXIT PATRV[M] DEC[US]. OB RENOVARE SVOR[VM]. STAT PATRIS CRESCENS MATRISQ[VE]. THEODORA NOM[EN]. HOC CVLMEN CLARV[M] CARO PIGNORE GESTA DAVIDI TRIBVIT QVI PATER EXHIBVIT. (Index or Explanation of the Ruins of Ancient Rome, no. 164)
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12020-04-10T20:59:20-07:00Avery Freemanb9edcb567e2471c9ec37caa50383522b90999cbaView of the ruin of the House of Cola di Rienzo4plain2021-01-30T17:03:06-08:00Internet Archiveimagepiranesi-ia-vol1-033.jpgJeanne Brittone120651dde677d5cf1fd515358b14d86eb289f11
