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4806 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. Charles Short, Charlton T. Lewis, A Latin Dictionary alphabetic letter C, entry consenti^o
   Lucium Scipionem), inscription of the Scipios, C. I. L. 1, 32: Wordsworth, Fragm, and Spec. p. 160; cf. (13.60)

2. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter D
   ), of SINOPE, an Athenian comic poet of the middle comedy, is mentioned in an inscription (Böckh, i. p. 354), which fixes his date at the archonship of Diotimus (B. C. 354--353), when he exhibited two plays, entitled (13.25)

3. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter P
   ), the engraver of a gem in the Florentine Museum, the inscription on which has been variously read (13.25)

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2 from The Works of Christopher Marlowe

1. Christopher Marlowe, The Tragicall History of D. Faustus (A text) (ed. Hilary Binda) line 82
   Fau. But what is this inscription on mine arme?
   (3.02)

2. Christopher Marlowe, The Tragedie of Doctor Faustus (B text) (ed. Hilary Binda) line 74
   Faust. this byll is ended,
   And Faustus hath bequeath'd his soule to Lucifer
   But what is this Inscription on mine Arme?
   (3.02)

31 from Renaissance Materials

1. C. T. Onions, A Shakespeare Glossary entry remembrance
   memorial inscription . (4.01)

2. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Picture
   the p. of We three, (i. e. the heads of two fools with the inscription 'We three loggerheads be'; the spectator making the third). (3.62)

3. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Seal
   Seal, subst. 1) a stamp engraved with some device or inscription, to be imprinted on wax: . (3.35)

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1 from The Tragedie of Coriolanus

1. William Shakespeare, Appendix: The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.) section CRITICISMS, subsection Swinburne
   The inscription on the plinth of this tragic statue is simply to Volumnia Victrix. (1.38)

998 from The Bolles Collection on the History of London

1. London: Volume 4 (ed. Charles Knight) chapter 9, page 134
   The inscription on the tomb records that he lies near the place, and that it was set up by Henrietta Duchess of Marlborough, as a mark how dearly she remembers the happiness she enjoyed in the sincere friendship of so worthy and honest a man, &c. Congreve may be said to have paid ten thousand pounds for this inscription (for he left the Duchess, who did not want his property, the whole, and his ancient and embarrassed family nothing), and no doubt thought it cheap at the money. (6.19)

2. Thomas Allen, The City and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and Parts Adjacent: Volume 3 chapter 5
   and a long pannel below has the following inscription:-- COVRT OF COMMISSIONERS OF BANKRVPT ERECTED PVRSVANT
   TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT, A.D. MDCCCXXI. (5.63)

3. Thomas Allen, The City and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and Parts Adjacent: Volume 4 chapter 13
   Camden says, that the statues of William, and his sons William and Gilbert, all marshals of England and earls of Pembroke, were still to be seen in this Temple; and on one of them was this inscription, in letters almost effaced: (5.48)

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97 from American Memory: California

1. Three years in California. By Walter Colton page 311
   Such is the inscription of pa. rental fidelity on the heart of a child: the wave may wear away the mound which it laves, and the marble dissolve under the touch of time, but that inscription remains. (5.44)

2. The narrative of a Japanese; what he has seen and the people he has met in the course of the last forty years. By Joseph Heco. Edited by James Murdoch page 149
   As an acknowledgment of services I had rendered in arranging the contract for the Takashima coal-mine between the Prince of Hizen and G. & Co., I received an O¯ban , as shown in plate 5 with the inscription on it. (4.23)

3. California sketches; new series. By O.P. Fitzgerald. With an introduction by Bishop George F. Pierce page 237
   On a white marble slab, at the "Stone Church," in Suisun Valley, is this inscription: (3.81)

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215 from American Memory: Upper Midwest

1. Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 15 page 240
   To summarize: the difference in rune systems, and the so-called “errors” in the inscription, with some parallel correct forms in the book, make it evident that there is no connection between the inscription on the Kensington Rune Stone and the book bearing the name Sv. Fogelblad. (5.03)

2. Historical collections. Collections and researches made by the Michigan pioneer and historical society ... Reprinted by authority of the Board of state auditors. Volume 20 page 681
   Hon'ble Conrad Gugy was buried in the old ground at Montreal corner Dorchester and St. Urbain Sts, the inscription on stone reading “Captain 60th Regiment, Member Legislative Council Lower Canada, Died 10 April 1786, aet. 56” Life of Haldimand McIlwraith, p. 345. (4.81)

3. Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 15 page 274
   We find therefore that the expression in the inscription is not out of harmony with fourteenth century usage. (4.69)

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69 from American Memory: Chesapeake Bay

1. Mary Clemmer, Ten years in Washington. Life and scenes in the National Capital, as a woman sees them page ix
   George Washington's Anxiety About it—His View of it Politically—Various Plans for the Building—Jefferson Writes to the Commissioners—His Letter to Mr. Carroll—“Poor Hallett” and His Plan—Wanton Destruction by the British, A. D. 1814—Foundation of the Main Building Laid—The Site Chosen by Washington Himself—Imposing Ceremonies at the Foundation—Dedicatory Inscription on the Silver Plate—Interesting Festivities—The Birth of a Nation's Capitol—Extension of the Building—Daniel Webster's Inscription—His Eloquent and Patriotic Speech—Mistaken Calculations—First Session of Representatives Sitting in “the Oven”—Old Capitol Prison—Immense Outlay upon the Wings and Dome—Compared with St. Peter's and St. Paul's—The Goddess of Liberty—The Congressional Library—Proposed Alterations—What Ought to be Done, 83 (7.62)

2. Mary Clemmer, Ten years in Washington. Life and scenes in the National Capital, as a woman sees them page 82
   George Washington's Anxiety about it—His View of it Politically—Various Plans for the Building—Jefferson Writes to the Commissioners—His Letter to Mr. Carroll—“Poor Hallet” and His Plan—Wanton Destruction by the British, A. D. 1814—Foundation of the Main Building Laid—The Site Chosen by Washington Himself—Imposing Ceremonies at the Foundation—Dedicatory Inscription on the Silver Plate—Interesting Festivities—The Birth of a Nation's Capital—Extension of the Building—Daniel Webster's Inscription—His Eloquent and Patriotic Speech—Mistaken Calculations—First Session of Representatives Sitting in “the Oven”—Old Capital Prison—Immense Outlay upon the Wings and Dome—Compared with St. Peter's and St. Paul's—The Goddess of Liberty—The Congressional Library—Proposed Alterations—What Ought to be Done. (3.88)

3. William H. Young, Journal of an excursion, from Troy, N.Y., to Gen. Carr' head quarters at Wilson' landing page 15
   Below we give verbatim the inscription on two of the foyer sides of the monument: (3.26)

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3 from Tufts University History

1. Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History (ed. Anne Sauer)
   The inscription included the words "His aim has always been to avoid letting his students graduate understanding their science but not themselves. (1.94)

2. Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History (ed. Anne Sauer)
   It depicts St. Paul, wearing brown and blue robes, and contains a latin inscription from his epistles. (1.80)

3. Marjorie Gott Manning, J '40, Traditions At Tufts section 8
   The second step bears this inscription: In commemoration of those men of Tufts who, in the war between the States, helped to preserve the Union. (1.62)

514 from Beazley Archive

1. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 19181
   A - HORSE, NONSENSE INSCRIPTION (6.08)

2. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 4433
   A - INSCRIPTION, PALMETTE (6.08)

3. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 209238
   ), ONE WITH FILLET AT TOMB (KANTHAROS ON BLOCK, INSCRIPTION), LEKYTHOS AND PURSE (? (5.77)

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3 from Boyle Work Diaries

1. Robert Boyle (1627-91), Work-diary XXXVII ('The XVI Century') entry 93
   A piece of fine Gold with an Arabic Inscription (3.26)

2. Robert Boyle (1627-91), Work-diary IV ('A Diurnall Miscellaneous Collection, Begun March the 25th 1648/9') entry 16
   - His Tombe, which had no other Inscription then Here lyes Hanniball, & indeed was not capable of a Greater. (2.52)

3. Robert Boyle (1627-91), Work-diary XXI ('Promiscuous Experiments, Observations & Notes') entry 533
   This same person told me that he saw a peice of Ordinanc That the Portugalls tooke when they took Macao, that was above twenty foot long and had an inscription in Chinas characters intimateing that it would carry 2 miles or leagues, he alsoe answered me that he was con being at Macao he was convinced by sufficient proofes that the Chinesess had the use of printing and of gunns very many hundred yeares, before wee had it in Europe, and as for the use of the sea compass he told me that being in Pegu he inquired of a Portugall that was overseer of the kings Maritime affaires, whoe assurd him that he had found by theire Records of the Customes paid to the ancient possessors of Pegu, that the Chinesess had traded thither by sea at least eight hundred yeares before. (1.31)

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