This memorial tablet in honour of Giovanni Cottunio can be seen in the northern side of the lower loggia of the Archiginnasio Palace in Bologna (Piazza Galvani, 1). It dates back to 1620.1.
The Latin inscription reads as follows: “D(EO) O(PTIMO) M(AXIMO) / IOANNI COTTUNIO NOBILI THESSALONICENSI / PHILOSOPHIAE, MEDICINAE, AC SACRAE THEOLOGIAE / DOCTORI EXIMIO / IN HAC OMNIUM ACADEMIARUM CELEBERRIMA / GRAECARUM, HUMANIORUQ(UE) LITTERARUM / PRIMARIO PROFESSORI, / QUI MULTIIUGA AC PENE INCREDIBILI ERUDITIONE / PURA AC MELLITA SERMONIS ELEGANTIA, / ET SINGULARI SCIENTIARUM SPLENDORE, / GYMNASIUM ISTHUC APPRIME / IUVAT, ILLUSTRATQ(UE) / CUIUS FAMAE, ATQ(UE) IMMORTALITATI CONSULENS / UT GRATUM SUUM ANIMUM ERGA TANTUM VIRUM OSTENDERET / UTRAQ(UE) ARTISTARUM UNIVERSITAS / LIBENS EREXIT. / SUB FELICIBUS AUSPICIIS PERILLUSTRIS AC GENEROSI / D(OMINI) IOANNI CAPSA NOB(ILIS) CRETENSIS PRIORIS DIGNISSIMI / AN(NO) DOM(INI) MDCXX IDIB(US) MAII”.
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- See the record of the Archiginnasio Digital Archive “La Storia sui Muri”