On the upper part of the walls on the left:
OMNIA LABU(N)TUR VIRTUS VIRESCIT
Everything passes away, virtue gets stronger
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
FERENDUM ET SPERAND(U)M
One must endure and hope
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
FERENDUM ET SPERAND(U)M
One must endure and hope
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
IN MEDIO VIRTUS
Everything in moderation (literally: virtue is in the middle)
(A saying present in the works of Aristotle, Horace and Ovid)
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
AEQUUS ANIMUS SATIS
(Oh that) the soul (may be) sufficiently serene
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
VIGILANDUM CONIVENDUM
It is necessary to be vigilant and indulgent
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
FALSA PLURIMA VULGUS AMAT
The masses really love false things
(Tibullus, Elegies, III, 3, v.19)
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
FAUSTUS DE BAGATTIS FIERI IUSSIT AN(N)O D(OMI)NI MDCCCLXXXVII
Faustus of the Bagatti commissioned (it) in the year of the Lord 1887 (literally: ordered it done)
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
CAVENAGUS INV(ENIT) ROGOLINUS PIN(XIT)
Cavenago ideated (it), Rogolino painted (it)
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
GLORIA CUIQUE SUA EST
To each his own glory
(Tibullus, Elegies, I, 4, v.77)
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
SPES VITAM FOVET
Hope warms life
(Tibullus, Elegies, II, 6, v.19-20)
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
HEU FUGACES LABU(N)TUR AN(N)I
Oh, my, how the years flow swiftly
(Horace, Odes, II, 14)
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
PAX DE BAGATIS REFICIENDA CUR(AVIT) ROCCATAGLIATA OPUS PERF(ECIT) ANNO D(OMI)NI MCMLVIII
Pasino of the Bagatti saw to the restoration, Roccatagliata finished the work in the year 1958
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
LEONEM NE TO(N)DETO
Let sleeping dogs lie (literally: don’t clip the lion)
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
STATERAM NE TRA(N)SILITO
Don’t go beyond (your) limits
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
UMBRAM NE METIARE
Don’t measure shadows
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
IGNEM GLADIO NE FODITO
Don’t feed fire with swords
(Latin proverb cited in the “Lamia” of Poliziano and in the “Adagia” of Erasmus of Rotterdam, as well as being cut into the façade of the Naselli Crispi mansion in Ferrara)
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
TEMPUS FACIT EXPERIE(N)TIAM
With time comes experience (literally: time makes experience)
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
IN ACTIONE VIRTUS
(There is) virtue in action
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
USUS DISCENDI DOCE(N)DIQ(UE) MAGIST(ER)
Practice makes perfect (in both) learning and teaching (literally: practice is the guide of learning and teaching)
On the upper part of the walls on the left:
NEC SCIRE FAS EST OMNIA
It’s not possible to know everything
(Horace, Odes, IV, 4, v.22)
On the lower part of the bookcases, on the left:
HODIE MIHI CRAS TIBI
Today it’s my turn, tomorrow it’s yours (literally: today to me, tomorrow to you)
(medieval proverb)
On the lower part of the bookcases, on the left
VIRTUS
Virtue
On the lower part of the bookcases, on the left:
RESPICE FINEM
Keep your eye on the goal (literally: look to the goal)
(Petrarch, De remediis, cap.17)
On the upper part of the bookcases, on the right:
LABOR SEMPER AMOR
Work (is) always love
Second pilaster to the left of the bookstand:
BONIS ET VITA ET MORS DULCIS EST
For good (people), both life and death are sweet