Postby Bernard » 2011-04-27, 11:04
It’s a normal Latin distich.
Florius has aedes // haec ornat amoena vireta //
Aureus ipse sibi posteritatis amans
MDCXXV
Word-for-word:
Florius Aureus* (i. e. Cvijeto Zlatarić)
furnishes (adorns) this dwelling // these lovely green places //
himself to himself loving the posterity
1625
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* Florius Aureus] Latinized form of Cvijeto Zlatarić (cvijet = Lat. flos, Engl. flower; zlatan = aureus = golden)