Upsala Cathedral -- Latin Inscriptions

As promised, I have the pictures of the latin inscriptions in the Upsala cathedral, here for your viewing pleasure. Though I have not managed to translate them, I have included transcriptions of the latin, as best I could make out -- errors are, of course, bound to happen, so for you latin scholars out there, feel free to correct me. Enjoy!

Note: In my transcriptions, I use a lower case letter to indicate a macron, and brackets to indicate two letters (usually a and e) joined together. Ex: [AE]

The tomb of Carl Linneus and son:

OSSA
CAROLI LINNE
EQV AVR

MARITO OPTIMO
FILIO VNICO

CAROLO A. LINNE
PATRIS SVCCESSOR
ET
SIBI (?)

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Another tomb:




IOHANNIS SCHEFFERI
ARGENTO RATENSIS
IN
ACADEMIA UPSALIENSI
ELOQUENTI[AE] IURIS NATUR[AE] ET GENTIU
PROFE SFORIS
COLLEGII ANTIQUI TATUM AFSESSORIS
ET
BIBLIOTHEC[AR]II REGI
NEC NON
UNORIS EIUS
REGIN[AE] LOCOENI[AE]
DORMITORIUM

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On yet another tomb of some sort:


GOSTAVIS REGVM GENEROSO NOBILIS ORTV
QVI PATRIIa REGIS CHRISTIERNI FRAVD SVBACTa
SERVITIOQ GRAVICVDAQ TYRANiDE PRESSAM
ASSERVI VARIO TANDEM CERTAMINE VINDEX:
QUI REX COMvNI SVENCORVM VOCE CREATVS
ET LEGES VETERES ET IVRA ANTIQVA REDVXI
QVI PACe PEPIGI Cv DANO ET REBVS IN ARCTIS
AVXILIv TERRAQ TVLI PELAGOQ PETENTI:
QVIQ LVBECeSe DOMVIFERO IN [AE]QVORE CIASSEM
OVI SMALANDeSES IN IVRA VETUSTA SVBEGI:
CVIVS OF ADVeTv MOSC FER ARMA RELIO[AE]



ET QVADRAGENOS REX FELICISSIMVS ANNOS
QVI PATRIAM REXI, LAVDEMQ, DECVSQ PARAVI
GOTHORVMQ FVI SCIPIO, QVO CARA RVENTVM
FVLTA SALVS, VELVTI PR[AE]SAGIIT OMINE NOMEN
HIC IACEO TER QVINQ SENEX VBI LVSTRA PEREGI
CHRO ANIMa FAMa TERRIS HVIC MeBRA SEPVLCHRO
SCETRA MEIS MORIENS COMMISI REGIA NATIS
HIS GRATI OBSEQVIVM SVEONES PR[AE]STATEIFIDEIIE(?)
RV VERO EX NRO QVI SaFVINE SCEPTRA TENEBIS
IVSTICIAM COLITO COELORVM QVERITO REGNVM
PARCITO SVBIECTIS ARCETO VIRILITER HOSTES

Alas, it's sideways. Oh well...
ARMA MAGNI
DVCA TVS
FINLANDI[AE]

And again...
ARMA DVCATVS
VILANDI[AE]

MEMORARE NOVISSIMA
ET IN [AE]TERNVM
NON PECCABIS


HIC CATARINA IACET GOSTAVI REGIA CONSORS
SAXONI[AE] MAGNO QV[AE] DVCE NATA FVIT
SPONSASVE [AE]TATIS TER SEXTO HVC VENERAT ANNO
VIX PAST TRES ANNOS TVNERE RAPTA CADIT
NON VITALE TAMEN LVMEN SINE PROLE RELIQVIT
VNO NAMQ THORI PICNORE MATER ERAT
ILLA SED IN PRIMIS HAC NOMEN LAVDEMERETVR
SYNCERA COLVIT QVOD PIETATE DEVM
ATQ VEREOVNDVM SERVAVIT CASTA PVDOREM
PAVPERIEVSQ PVAM FERRE SOLEBAT OPEM
NVNC ANTMAS INTER DECIT CATHARINA BEATAS
ET RIDET MVNDI CAVDIA SPERNIT OPEN


HIC QVOQ GOSTAVI COivX IACET ALTERA REGIS
MARGARIS [AE]ATIS GEMMA NITORQ SV[AE]
QV[AE] GENVS EX VETERI DEDVSIT STIRPE LEONv
QV[AE] CAPITA IN CLYPEO NON SINE LAVDE GERIT
CVIVS IN ILLVSTRI FORMO(Q/O Y/X)(?) MODESTIA VVLTV
ET PVDOR ET PROBITAS FVLSIT ET ALMA FIDES
QV[AE] ERMONE GRAVIS MISERO NON DVRA CLIENTI
PAVPERIBVS COLVMEN PR[AE]DISIVMQ FVIT
QV[AE] DILECTAVIRO ET PATRI[AE] FOECVNDA SALVTI
BIS QVATER EST THALAMI PIGNORE FACTA PARENS
TRES VQVIDEM NAIOS ET NATAS QVINQ RELIQVIT
PAS QVORVM IN COELO VOTA SALVETE FACIT

As you can see, some of the pictures are not of the highest quality, for which I apologize; it's hard to hold my dad's camera steady enough, especially when the light is not very bright. All the same, enjoy it. I'll have a regular post up sometime in the next couple of days...

PLaATJ,
--Gazebo