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12021-03-30T11:16:11-07:00View of the Remains of the House of Cola di Rienzo6Veduta dell'avanzo della Casa di Nicolo di Rienzoplain2023-11-14T08:09:13-08:00Title: Veduta dell’ avanzo della Casa di Niccolò di Rienzo fabbricata di spoglie di antichi edifizj, in contro la Chiesa di Santa Maria Egizziaca Signature: Piranesi Archit[etto]. dis[egnò]. inc[ise]. Nella 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. Nell'architrave curvo di una delle finestre, contrassegnato nella medesima figura colla lett[era]. B, si legge ADSV . ROMANIS GRANDIS HONOR POPVLIS (Index or Explanation of the Ruins of Ancient Rome, no. 164)Title: View of the ruin of the House of Cola di Rienzo built from the spolia of ancient buildings, in front of the Church of Santa Maria Egizziaca. Signature: Drawn and engraved by the Architect Piranesi. Additional key: A On the ruined cornice of the door, marked in the aforementioned figure with the letter A, one reads the inscription below: Nicholas, whose house this is, was not ignorant of the fact that the glory of the world doesn’t have any value in itself. Vanity did not motivate him to build this house, but rather he built it to restore the ancient splendor of Rome. In beautiful houses, remember the tombs and be sure that you will not be there for long, death comes with wings and life is eternal for no one, our journey is brief and its course fleeting. Even if you flee the wind, if you close a hundred doors, or command a thousand guards, you will not lie down to rest without death. Even if you close yourself in a castle as high as the stars, death can take whomever she wants. This sublime house reaches the stars, whose culmination, the great Nicholas, first among the firsts, built from the foundations to renew the grandeur of his parents, Crescenzio, his father, and Theodora his mother. The father constructed this illustrious building dedicated to his beloved son David. B. On the curved architrave of one of the windows, marked in the same figure with letter B, one reads: I am here as the honor of the great Roman people (from the Volume I Map Index, no. 164).