Podcast: Latin from Zero Trevi Fountain

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InscriptionCLEMENS XII PONT. MAX.AQVAM VIRGINEMCOPIA ET SALVBRITATE COMMENDATAMCVLTV MAGNIFICO ORNAVITANNO DOMINI MDCCXXXV PONTIF. VIPERFECITBENEDICTUS XIV PONT. MAX.POSITIS SIGNIS ET ANAGLYPHIS TABVLISIVSSV CLEMENTIS XIII PONT. MAX.OPVS CVM OMNI CVLTV ABSOLVTVMA.D. MDCCLXIIThe three principal inscriptions on the facade of the Trevi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi), Rome. Rows preserve the monumental transcription; reading lines reconstruct each inscription’s sentence across its rows.Reading line oneClemens duodecimus pontifex maximus aquam Virginem copia et salubritate commendatam cultu magnifico ornavit anno Domini millesimo septingentesimo tricesimo quinto pontificatus sextoClement the Twelfth, Pontifex Maximus, adorned the Aqua Virgo — a water renowned for its abundance and wholesomeness — with magnificent splendor, in the year of the Lord 1735, the sixth year of his pontificateSegment oneClemens duodecimus pontifex maximus Clement the Twelfth, Supreme PontiffSegment twoaquam Virginem copia et salubritate commendatam the Aqua Virgo, praised for its abundance and healthfulnessSegment threecultu magnifico ornavit adorned it with magnificent splendorSegment fouranno Domini millesimo septingentesimo tricesimo quinto in the year of our Lord 1735Segment fivepontificatus sexto in the sixth year of his pontificateReading line twoperfecit Benedictus quartus decimus pontifex maximusBenedict the Fourteenth, Pontifex Maximus, completed itReading line threepositis signis et anaglyphis tabulis iussu Clementis tertii decimi pontificis maximi opus cum omni cultu absolutum anno Domini millesimo septingentesimo sexagesimo secundoThe statues and bas-relief panels having been set in place, by order of Clement the Thirteenth, Pontifex Maximus, the work was completed in all its splendor, A.D. 1762Segment onepositis signis et anaglyphis tabulis with the statues and bas-relief panels placedSegment twoiussu Clementis tertii decimi pontificis maximi by the order of Clement the Thirteenth, Supreme PontiffSegment threeopus cum omni cultu absolutum the work was finished with all splendorSegment fouranno Domini millesimo septingentesimo sexagesimo secundo in the year of our Lord 1762 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit digitalmonastery.substack.com

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