The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . e gallery behind is reached by a small stair and passage on the righthand side of the monument. In the vault below (according to Mr. Dobie)lies the coffin of Sir Robert, on which is the following inscription:— IPSE MIHI PE^ MOETUUS FUI, FATO FUNERAPR^CIPUI, UNICUM, IDQUE, CilSAEEVM,EXEMPLAR INTER TOT MORTALES SECUTUS. \\Tiich may be thus translated : I was dead before myself : I anticipatedmy proper funeral : alone, of all mortals, following the example of Cajsar,, Charles v., who, it will b
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . e gallery behind is reached by a small stair and passage on the righthand side of the monument. In the vault below (according to Mr. Dobie)lies the coffin of Sir Robert, on which is the following inscription:— IPSE MIHI PE^ MOETUUS FUI, FATO FUNERAPR^CIPUI, UNICUM, IDQUE, CilSAEEVM,EXEMPLAR INTER TOT MORTALES SECUTUS. \\Tiich may be thus translated : I was dead before myself : I anticipatedmy proper funeral : alone, of all mortals, following the example of Cajsar,, Charles v., who, it will be recollected, had his obsequies performedbefore he died. The building in which this monument is erected has every appearanceof being native work, whether its outer aspect or the painted decorations * See Vol. I. p. 307. THE MONTUOMKllY MONUMENT 199 — FOURTH PERIOD of the interior be considered. But the design of the nionuiueut itselfappears to be too chissic to be of »Sc(»ttish origin at the date of its execu-tion. Probably the design was procured by Sir Robert Montgomery from V, I 1 I :. fc®
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