THE FIRST SIX CENTURIES. 359 



I am unable (without type specially cut for the purpose) to repre- 

 sent the numerals after AN and before KA, as they appear in the 

 inscription. They are given as they were read by Muratori, 421, 2. 



(Z.) To a book-keeper: — 60. 



HIC EEQVIESCIT IN PACE lOHANNIS VH 

 OLOGRAFVS PROPINE ISIDORI QVI YlXit 

 ANNPLVS MXLV DEP • X KALEN • IVNIAs 

 CONSVLATV VILISARI VC • 



(In crypt. Vatic; De Rossi, n. 1055.) 



Sic requiescit in pace, Johannis (Johannes), Vir Honestus, olo- 

 grafus (olographus) propine (propinae) Isidori, qui vixit annos plus 

 minus XLY. Depositus X Kalendas Junias, consulatu Vilisari 

 (Belisarii), Viri Clarissimi. 



" Here rests in peace, Johannes, a respectable man, the hook-keeper of 

 the tavern of Isidorus, who lived forty-five years] more or less. Buried 

 on the tenth day before the Calends of June, in the Consulship of 

 Belisarius, a most distinguished man," i.e. May 23rd, 535, a.d. 



I have adopted Marini's interpretation of Holographus, as explained 

 by De Rossi, but I know no ancient authority for this signification. 

 Although there are strong objections to receiving "the Consulship 

 of Belisarius " as marking the year 535 in an Italian inscription, 

 yet I have not ventured to follow De Rossi, who proposes the inser- 

 tion of post after IVNIAS, i.e. post consulatu (consulatum) Vilisari 

 rC, seil. A.D. 536 or 537. 



B. Ecclesiastical. 

 (a.) To a bishop: — 61. 



HICREQVIES 

 CITSANCTAE MEMO 

 RL^PATERNOSTER 

 REPARATVSE PS- QVIFE 

 CITINSACERDOTIVMAN 

 NOSVIIIIMENXIETPRE 

 CESSITNOSINPACE 

 DIEVNDECIMVKAL 

 AVGPROVNC • CCCCXXX 

 ETSEXTA 



{Orleamville in Algiers; Renier, n. StOl.) 



