Sunday, November 17, 2019

 

Spray Paint Needed?

A friend sent me the following photograph from Valencia, Spain (click to enlarge):


Transcription of the inscription:
PATRIA DAT VITAM RARO LARGITVR HONORES
ILLE MVLTO MELIVS TERRA ALIENA DABIT
I can't construe ILLE. Some books contain the couplet with HOS (referring  to HONORES) rather than ILLE. I don't have access to Hans Walther's Proverbia Sententiaeque Latinitatis Medii Aevi.

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# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 11:37 AM


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