Votis Decipimur
Stained glass in St. Michael's Cathedral, Brussels
The following Latin quote can be seen at the bottom of the window:
"Votis decipimur. Tempora fallimur. Omnes mors ridet curas. Anxia vita. Nihil"
Hello,
The Latin phrase you mention is a quotation from Konrad Celtis (1459-1508), scholar, poet, leading humanist in Germany and Austria.
This sentence means literally :
“We are frustrated with our hopes and we are lacking time. Death laughs at all our cares. Life is anxiety, nothing else”.
Best regards,
Maria
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We are frustrated = DECIPIMUR
with our hopes = VOTIS
and= ET
we are lacking = FALLIMUR
time = TEMPORE
Death = MORS
laughs = RIDET
at all our =OMNES
cares = CURAS
Life = VITA
is anxiety (is distressing) = ANXIA
nothing else = NIHIL
Hello,
The Latin phrase you mention is a quotation from Konrad Celtis (1459-1508), scholar, poet, leading humanist in Germany and Austria.
This sentence means literally :
“We are frustrated with our hopes and we are lacking time. Death laughs at all our cares. Life is anxiety, nothing else”.
Best regards,
Maria
_________________________________________________
We are frustrated = DECIPIMUR
with our hopes = VOTIS
and= ET
we are lacking = FALLIMUR
time = TEMPORE
Death = MORS
laughs = RIDET
at all our =OMNES
cares = CURAS
Life = VITA
is anxiety (is distressing) = ANXIA
nothing else = NIHIL
Comments
How cheery and appropriate. I like the stained-glass window.