Beneath an image of the Bishop of Hippo is the wise inscription which Augustine’s biographer Possidius tells us was emblazoned on the saint's dining room table, warning each of his guests to refrain from rumor and gossip:
Quisquis amat dictis absentum rodere vitam,
Hanc mensam indignam noverit esse suam.
Which, roughly translated admonishes:
Who injures the name of an absent friend
May not at this table as guest attend.
The inscription is burnt into an 18"x24" birch wood panel and also includes a map of the Mediterranean marking important sites in the life of Augustine. It is the work of former Portland Seminarian John Jackson IV.
Quisquis amat dictis absentum rodere vitam,
Hanc mensam indignam noverit esse suam.
Which, roughly translated admonishes:
Who injures the name of an absent friend
May not at this table as guest attend.
The inscription is burnt into an 18"x24" birch wood panel and also includes a map of the Mediterranean marking important sites in the life of Augustine. It is the work of former Portland Seminarian John Jackson IV.
Dr. Orlando's love for all things Augustinian has clearly rubbed off on her students!
