Humanist, poet, and counsellor of the Emperor Maximilian, who made him curator of the University in vienna. The monument shows him with his two wives and eight children.
Humanist, poet, and counsellor of the Emperor Maximilian, who made him curator of the University in vienna. The monument shows him with his two wives and eight children.
Bio by: David Conway
Inscription
EXCOLVI PRIMVM MVSAS ET APOLLINIS ARTES
NEMPE FVI MEDICVS TVNCQ(ue) POETA SIMVL.
POSTEA ME REBUS NATVM MAIORIB(us) AVXIT
CAESAR ET ORNAVIT PRAESIDIS OFFICIO.
ILLA IGITVR NOSTRO SINT VERBA INSCRIPTA SEPVLCHRO
VNICA: VIXI OLIM CVSPINIANVS ERAM
HISTORIAE IMMENSAE MONIMENTA AETERNA RELIQVI
VIVVS IN YS (=iis) SEMPER CVSPINIANVS ERIT
VIXIT ANN(os) LVI O(biit) ANN(o) MDXXIX MENSE APRILI DIE XIX
IOAN(nes) CVSPI(nianus) DOC(tor), QVONDAM CIVI(tatis) VIENN(ensis) PREFECTUS
CMP (Cuspinianus Medicus Poeta)
ANNA MATER OCTO LIBERORUM
AGNES ALTERA CONIVNX
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