Note 567 — Chapter VII · THE COÄRBS OF COLUMCILLE.
Reading edition
... Quam quippe suis de sedibus arcam
Tollentes tumulo terra posuere cavato
Cespite sub denso....
This reminds one of St. Cuthbert’s ‘sarcophagus terræ cespite abditus.’
Reading edition
... Quam quippe suis de sedibus arcam
Tollentes tumulo terra posuere cavato
Cespite sub denso....
This reminds one of St. Cuthbert’s ‘sarcophagus terræ cespite abditus.’