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The Roman Collegia.
In the very learned disquisitions which Hearne and Musgrave and Dodwell have left on this inscription , two facts seem to be assumed ; first , that the Colleges existed in Britain , and secondly , that the Fabricenses were those to whom the care of the public works , & c , was committed .
The second inscription is called the Chichester inscription , and in the " Sussex Archaeological Collection , " vol . vii ., London , 1854 , occurs a long dissertation on it , a tracing of which appeared in the MASONIC MAGAZINE a few years since , as well as the learned dissertation therein en t of Mr . Gale . I think it well to remind my readers of this fact ,
as it has an interest in the present discussion . My own opinion long has been , and in this I entirely concur with Mr . Coote , that the Anglo-Saxon Gild system is derived from the Roman system , the name Gild being a purely Saxon word . As regards the Chichester inscription , Mr . Blaauw observes as
follows : — " The Fabri were incorporated from the earliest times of the Roman Republic , and there is little reason to think that they were
shipbuilders only , as supposed by Gale . " There were , in the municipal towns of the Roman Empire , civil magistrates called Praafecti Fabrum , and also officers with the same title , under whom were the artificers of the army such as Caasar alludes to : ' Jam duo prefect ! Fabrum Pompeii in meam Protestatem
venerunt . '— ' Cass . Oppio , ap Cic' Ep . ix . 8 . 'Reducitur ad eum deprehensus ex Itinere Cn . Magius Cremona prasfectus Fabrum Cn . Pompeii . '— ' Cses . de Bello , ' civ ., 1 . And V . Paterculns ( 2 , 76 ) mentions his own relation as ' prasfectus Fabrum vir nulli secundus . ' " There are Roman inscriptions in which ' Prsef . Fab . ' occur . So
the whole might be freely translated ' The Gild of Artificers and their Prefects , out of their own means have dedicated the Temple to Neptune and Minerva , for the welfare of the Imperial family , with the sanction of the Emperor Claudius and of King Cogidubuns , the Emperor ' s Lieutenant in Britain , the site being the gift of Pudens , son of Pudentinus . ' "
-Nepttmi et Miuervee Templnm Pro salute Domiis Divinae Ex autoritafe Tib Claud Cogidubni B . Legat Aug in Brit Coll- 'giirm Fabror et qui in eo
A sacris D . S . D . don ante aream Ptidente Pndentini Fil , The letters italicised are supplied from imagination . "The stone was discovered in April , 1723 , while digging the "foundations of the Council Chamber in North Street , Chichester . A Y 2
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The Roman Collegia.
In the very learned disquisitions which Hearne and Musgrave and Dodwell have left on this inscription , two facts seem to be assumed ; first , that the Colleges existed in Britain , and secondly , that the Fabricenses were those to whom the care of the public works , & c , was committed .
The second inscription is called the Chichester inscription , and in the " Sussex Archaeological Collection , " vol . vii ., London , 1854 , occurs a long dissertation on it , a tracing of which appeared in the MASONIC MAGAZINE a few years since , as well as the learned dissertation therein en t of Mr . Gale . I think it well to remind my readers of this fact ,
as it has an interest in the present discussion . My own opinion long has been , and in this I entirely concur with Mr . Coote , that the Anglo-Saxon Gild system is derived from the Roman system , the name Gild being a purely Saxon word . As regards the Chichester inscription , Mr . Blaauw observes as
follows : — " The Fabri were incorporated from the earliest times of the Roman Republic , and there is little reason to think that they were
shipbuilders only , as supposed by Gale . " There were , in the municipal towns of the Roman Empire , civil magistrates called Praafecti Fabrum , and also officers with the same title , under whom were the artificers of the army such as Caasar alludes to : ' Jam duo prefect ! Fabrum Pompeii in meam Protestatem
venerunt . '— ' Cass . Oppio , ap Cic' Ep . ix . 8 . 'Reducitur ad eum deprehensus ex Itinere Cn . Magius Cremona prasfectus Fabrum Cn . Pompeii . '— ' Cses . de Bello , ' civ ., 1 . And V . Paterculns ( 2 , 76 ) mentions his own relation as ' prasfectus Fabrum vir nulli secundus . ' " There are Roman inscriptions in which ' Prsef . Fab . ' occur . So
the whole might be freely translated ' The Gild of Artificers and their Prefects , out of their own means have dedicated the Temple to Neptune and Minerva , for the welfare of the Imperial family , with the sanction of the Emperor Claudius and of King Cogidubuns , the Emperor ' s Lieutenant in Britain , the site being the gift of Pudens , son of Pudentinus . ' "
-Nepttmi et Miuervee Templnm Pro salute Domiis Divinae Ex autoritafe Tib Claud Cogidubni B . Legat Aug in Brit Coll- 'giirm Fabror et qui in eo
A sacris D . S . D . don ante aream Ptidente Pndentini Fil , The letters italicised are supplied from imagination . "The stone was discovered in April , 1723 , while digging the "foundations of the Council Chamber in North Street , Chichester . A Y 2