 | 1878 - 632 pages
...inscription, written by his son : — ' Subtus coiiditur hujus Ecclesiie, et Urbis conditor Christophorus Wren, qui vixit annos ultra nonaginta, non sibi, sed...publico. Lector, si monumentum requiris, circumspice.' * (Concluded.) CHRISTIAN ART SUBJECTS. BY ELIZABETH GLAISTER. I.— THE ANNUNCIATION. RAPIDLY as the... | |
 | Sir William Purdie Treloar (bart.) - 1881 - 152 pages
...vaults beneath the church, and placed in gold letters over the Choir. Subtus conditur, Hujus ecclesise et urbis conditor, Ch. Wren, Qui vixit annos ultra...publico, Lector. Si monumentum requiris, Circumspice. Yes, the Church was finished, at a cost of ^747,954 zs. gd., paid for by a tax on coal brought into... | |
 | Lucy Phillimore - 1881 - 426 pages
...inscription, written by his son : — ' Subtus conditur hujus Ecclesiae et Urbis Conditor Christophorus Wren, qui vixit annos ultra nonaginta, non sibi, sed...publico. Lector, si Monumentum requiris circumspice.' ' — was placed in the crypt, and in the Cathedral itself there was nothing to preserve the memory... | |
 | Lucy Phillimore - 1881 - 392 pages
...inscription, written by his son : — ' Subtus conditur hujus Ecclesiae et Urbis Conditor Christophorus Wren, qui vixit annos ultra nonaginta, non sibi, sed...publico. Lector, si Monumentum requiris circumspice.' 1 — was placed in the crypt, and in the Cathedral itself there was nothing to preserve the memory... | |
 | 1885 - 434 pages
...chiselled upon it is repeated in gold lettering over the north door: " Subtus conditur hhjus ecclesi;e et urbis conditor Ch. Wren qui vixit annos ultra nonaginta, non sibi sed bono publico. Lector, si monumentnm requiris, circumspice." Which may be translated: " Beneath is buried Ch. Wren, architect... | |
 | Charles Eyre Pascoe - 1885 - 442 pages
...lettering over the north door: " Subtus conditur hujus ecclesise et urbis couditor Ch. Wren qui visit annos ultra nonaginta, non sibi sed bono publico. Lector, si monumentum requiris, circumspice." Which may be translated: " Beneath is buried Ch. Wren, architect of this Church and City, who lived... | |
 | Herbert Fry - 1886 - 372 pages
...see it, and repeated in gold letters over the North Door, is — " Subtus conditur hujus ecclesise et urbis conditor Ch. Wren qui vixit annos ultra nonaginta, non sibi sed bono publico. Lector, si mouumentum requiris, circumspice." Which may be translated: "Beneath is buried Ch. Wren, architect... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1887 - 718 pages
...the cathedral, where a tablet bears the following inscription : — " Subtus conditur Hujus ecclesiae et urbis conditor CH. WREN, Qui vixit annos ultra...nonaginta Non sibi sed bono publico, Lector, si monumentum quxris Circumspice." Wren was not only appointed the architect of St. Paul's, but for the rebuilding... | |
 | 1887 - 374 pages
...see it, and repeated in gold letters over the North Door, is — " Subtus conditur hujus eceleaisB et urbis conditor Ch. Wren qui vixit annos ultra nonaginta, non sibi Bed bono publico. Lector, si mouumentum requiris, circumspice." Which may be translated: "Beneath is... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1889 - 586 pages
...Cu. Wren, Qui vixit annos ultra nonaginta, Non sibi sed bono imblico. Lector, si monumeatum reqniris, Circumspice. We cannot preserve the pun in English,...ninety years, Not for himself, but for the public good. Reader, if thou seekest his monument, Look around. The reader does look around, and the whole interior... | |
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Subtus conditur hujus ecclesiae et urbis conditor Ch. Wren qui vixit annos ultra nonaginta, non sibi sed bono publico. Lector, si monumentum requiris, circumspice. 
