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Monument to John Donne

Stone, Nicholas, the Elder (ca. 1586 - 1647) (Sculptor)

Effigy, mural monument to John Donne (1573-1631) by Nicholas Stone the Elder, 1631.

Monuments and memorials, Before the Great Fire

IOHANNES DONNE / SAC: THEOL: PROFESS / POST VARIA STUDIA QUIBUS AB / ANNIS TENERRIMIS FIDELITER NEC / INFELICITER INCUBUIT INSTINCTU / ET IMPULSU SPIR: SCTI MONI - / -TU ET HORTATU REGIS IAC- / -OBI ORDINES SACROS AMPLEX- / -US ANNO SUI IESU 1614 / ET SUAE AETAT 42 DECANTU / HUIUS ECCLES INDUTUS 27o / NOVEMB: 1621 EXUTUS MORTE / ULTIMO DIE MARTII Ao 1631. / HIC LICET IN OCCIDUO CINERE / ASPICIT EUM CUIUS NOMEN / EST ORIENS

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