Your Tombstone?

[Nebulous]

tombstone.jpg[/img]​

 

[DrLeftover]

This isn't what I would want, but as you broached the subject, I'll mention a classic line from history.

The tomb is that of Raphael the artist (1483 - 1520) in the Pantheon in Rome.

ILLE HIC EST RAPHAEL TIMUIT QUO SOSPITE VINCI / RERUM MAGNA PARENS ET MORIENTE MORI,
"Here lies Raphael, by whom nature herself feared to be outdone while he lived, and when he died, feared that she herself would die."

 

[Nebulous]

"Here lies Raphael, by whom nature herself feared to be outdone while he lived, and when he died, feared that she herself would die."

Thats a pretty cool quote!

 

[DrLeftover]

A bit much, but OK.

And then you have the exact opposite.

Here rests in honored glory
an American soldier known but to God​

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/visitorinformation/TombofUnknowns.aspx

 

[Evil Eye]

An easy guide to necromancy.

 

[seasidemike]

'I told you I wan't feeling well'

 

[DrLeftover]

now if you were a mathematician

and say you developed an important equation....

You could......

Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (1844 – 1906)

 

[Crusader]

"Life is a lesson, you learn it when you're through." - Fred Durst.

 

[Raven]

See you in Valhalla!

 

[DrLeftover]

Speaking of legends.
This one says: "Here likes Arthur, the once and future king"

Glastonbury Abbey

http://www.knightsofavalon.com/glastonbury.htm

 

[Nebulous]

Speaking of legends.
This one says: "Here likes Arthur, the once and future king"

Glastonbury Abbey[/i]

http://www.knightsofavalon.com/glastonbury.htm

Looks like King Arthur's Tomb is just a grassy nothing these days. Too bad. :glare:

 

[DrLeftover]

The Maintenance Man at the church quit some time ago and was not replaced.

 

[DrLeftover]

Well... OK, I'll post another "modest suggestion".

The inscription, in part, reads "History is in Mourning".

The gentleman was Leonardo Bruni (1370 – 1444) who is usually described as the first modern historian.

 

[Jazzy]

Perscriptiò in manibus tabellariorum est

 

[DrLeftover]

Perscriptiò in manibus tabellariorum est

Undoubtedly.

 

[Jazzy]

"I was buried face down so I could see where I'm going."

 

[Raven]

HAHAHAHAAHA, I like that one!!

 

[DrLeftover]

"I was buried face down so I could see where I'm going."

That's not what the Latin text said.

 

[DrLeftover]

How about one that is so understated so as to be at odds with the individual it is about?

I am thinking of Albrecht Durer (1471 - 1528) the German artist.

The one that did this classic image:

Also did this self portrait in the traditional pose of Christ:

And is quoted as saying this:

"Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing."

-and-

"The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion."

This is his tomb:

On which this is engraved:
"what was mortal in Albert Durer went beneath this tomb".

 

[Evil Eye]

Heh, very nice.