A Latin epitaph, [c. 1621?]
Item
Shelfmark: MS. Rawl. D. 398, fol. 195
In six lines, which from a chronogram added at the foot ("Sequentur qui nondum praecessere") is found to refer to the year 1621, and is most probably an epitaph on Bp. John King, of London,
Inc.: "Non hic pyramides; non sculpta panegyris ambit / Hoc cineres, lapidum nec pretiosa strues."
It is written on one side of a letter-cover addressed to Mr. Henry King.
Dates
- Creation: [c. 1621?]
Extent
1 item
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. D. 398, fol. 195
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