[quis]quis amat valeat...

[cdm2003]

At the end of Lingua Latina I.XXXI, there is mention of an inscription in Pompeii which begins “[quis]quis amat valeat…”

I was curious if anyone knows if there’s a photo floating around of the actual inscription? I tried doing a google images search and only could find photos of drawings or copies of the inscription.

Thanks,
Chris

[Carolus_Raeticus]

Salve Chris!

@Chris

At the end of Lingua Latina I.XXXI, there is mention of an inscription in Pompeii which begins “[quis]quis amat valeat…” I was curious if anyone knows if there’s a photo floating around of the actual inscription?

I did not find a photo of this very inscription. However, in the small (300 KB) PDF-booklet Taller de grafitos amorosos de Pompeya I found a photo on page 5 which gives a good impression how these scratchings on the walls of Pompeji looked like.

Vale,

Carolus Raeticus

[gfross]

@cdm2003

At the end of Lingua Latina I.XXXI, there is mention of an inscription in Pompeii which begins “[quis]quis amat valeat…”

I was curious if anyone knows if there’s a photo floating around of the actual inscription? I tried doing a google images search and only could find photos of drawings or copies of the inscription.

Thanks,
Chris

Isn’t the illustration of the inscription given alongside the text enough? Just curious. Isn’t it a photo of the inscription?

[cdm2003]

@Carolus Raeticus

Salve Chris!

Salve Carole! The link to the pdf you provided was very helpful. Gratias tibi!

@gfross

Isn’t the illustration of the inscription given alongside the text enough? Just curious. Isn’t it a photo of the inscription?

It’s an accurate drawing…but still just a drawing. There were a few of those around the net too…just no actual photographs of the wall. Thanks though.

[anphph]

Ecce!

[furrykef]

I wonder if that’s the actual inscription rather than an imitation… seems too ‘readable’ to be actual Latin cursive…