“monumentum”

The following 2 entries include the term monumentum.

monumentum aere perennius

Latin quotation from Horace

: a monument more lasting than bronze used of an immortal work of art or literature

si monumentum requiris, circumspice

Latin phrase

: if you seek (his) monument, look around epitaph of Sir Christopher Wren in St. Paul's, London, of which he was architect


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