The Latin legend reads: (" so great a name ( has ) no adequate praise " or " no eulogy ( would be appropriate to ) such a great name ").

The inscription on Gerbert's tomb reads in part Iste locus Silvestris membra sepulti venturo Domino conferet ad sonitum (" This place, at the advent of the Lord, will yield to the sound the last trumpet the buried members of Sylvester II ", mis-read as " will make a sound ") has given rise to the curious legend that his bones will rattle in that tomb just before the death of a Pope.

The legend reads ERIC REX (" King Eric ")

Another famous set of six tapestries of Dame à la licorne (" Lady with the unicorn ") in the Musée de Cluny, Paris, were also woven in the Southern Netherlands before 1500, and show the five senses ( the gateways to temptation ) and finally Love (" A mon seul desir " the legend reads ), with unicorns featured in each piece.

The legend reads " ERIC REX " ( King Eric ).

The legend reads, in Greek: " John the Palaiologos, basileus and autokrator of the Romans ".

The Kharoshthi legend reads MAHARAJASA DHARMIKASA MENADRASA ( Great King, Menander, follower of the Dharma, Menander ).

The legend on the obverse reads -- James by the grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland.

The legend on the obverse reads – James, by the grace of God King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland – while the reverse shows a long cross over a crowned shield with the arms of the four countries, and the legend – Henry the roses, James the kingdoms.

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The legend on the obverse reads ( Iacobus Deo Gratia Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex )-- James by the grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland.

The legend reads DECVRSIO, ' a military exercise '.

The legend reads, in Greek: " John the Palaiologos, basileus and autokrator of the Romans ".

Coin of Nabis of Sparta claiming to be king ; legend reads ΒΑΙΛΕΟΣ ( Doric Greek for βασιλέως, genitive of βασιλεύς ) and ΝΑΒΙΟΣ ( Νάβιος is Doric Greek for Νάβιδος, genitive of Νάβις )

After her death, so legend reads, her estate was transformed into an affiliate monastery of St. Andreas, the monastery which Gregory I founded at the site of today's San Gregorio al Celio.

* The film's disclaimer reads " Although what you are about to see is a work of fiction, it should nevertheless be played at maximum volume ," an allusion to David Bowie's album Ziggy Stardust, which contains the legend: " To be played at maximum volume.

The legend now reads " Adelphi University " and the letters are " AU ".

The legend is also found inscribed in the 1507 / 08 map of Johannes Ruysch, which reads ( in English ):

In the French legend, however, a juggler juggles before the statue of the Virgin Mary, and the statue, according to which version of the legend one reads, either smiles at him or throws him a rose ( or both, as in the 1984 television film, The Juggler of Notre Dame.

The Greek legend reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ &# 32 ; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ &# 32 ; ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ &# 32 ; ΜΑΥΟΥ (( of the ) Great King of Kings Maues ).

The Greek legend reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ &# 32 ; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ &# 32 ; ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ &# 32 ; ΜΑΥΟΥ ( Great King of Kings Maues ).

: Greek language | Greek legend reads ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ " of Apollodotus King Great Saviour and Fatherloving ".

According to a very common legend, Count Andrássy had a long lasting romance with Queen Elisabeth ( Sissy ), wife of Emperor and King Franz-Josef of Austria-Hungary, and fathered their only son, Archduke Rudolf.

For example, in an old Ossetian legend, Queen Tamar conceives her son of a sunbeam which shines through the window.

Fascinated by the " exotic " Caucasus, the Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov wrote the romantic poem Tamara (; 1841 ) in which he utilized the old Georgian legend about a siren-like mountainous princess whom the poet gave the name of Queen Tamar.

French legend maintained the tapestry was commissioned and created by Queen Matilda, William the Conqueror's wife, and her ladies-in-waiting.

According to legend, the Fairy Queen sometimes offered the branch to worthy mortals, granting them safe passage and food during their stay.

Morgan le Fay was described as a powerful sorceress and antagonist of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere in the Arthurian legend.

* The song Faerie Queen by Heather Alexander seems to draw upon this legend.

This legend also inspired the drama Dido, Queen of Carthage by Christopher Marlowe.

" It is rooted in the Irish legend of Queen Maeve or Medb, one of the main protagonists of the early Irish legend Táin Bó Cúailnge.

It is also associated with the fairy queen Queen Mab of Irish and English legend.

Deptford and the docks are associated with the knighting of Sir Francis Drake by Queen Elizabeth I aboard the Golden Hind, the legend of Sir Walter Raleigh laying down his cape for Elizabeth, Captain James Cook's third voyage aboard Resolution, and the mysterious murder of Christopher Marlowe in a house along Deptford Strand.

Some historians have discerned elements of Pagan fertility rituals in the Godiva story whereby a young " May Queen " was led to the sacred Cofa's tree perhaps to celebrate the renewal of spring The oldest form of the legend has Godiva passing through Coventry market from one end to the other while the people were assembled, attended only by two knights.

According to legend the castle was given as a gift to Queen Dagmar.

According to legend, it is the resting place of Chief Grønjæger ( Greenranger ) and his wife Queen Fane, after whom Grønsund and Fanefjord were named.

In contrast, Karl Mauch favored a legend that the structures were built to replicate the palace of the Queen of Sheba in Jerusalem, and claimed a wooden lintel at the site must be Lebanese cedar, brought by Phoenicians.

According to later legend, the term Scotti comes from Queen Scotia daughter of an Egyptian Pharaoh who was Queen of the Milesians.

Its name means " Berenice's Hair " ( in Greek, via Latin ), and refers to the legend of Queen Berenice II of Egypt, who sacrificed her long hair.

:: Reverse: Portrait of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in front of people waving flags, signature Elizabeth R in exergue ; outer legend:, inner legend:.

Una and the Lion are characters in Spenser's The Faerie Queene, this five pounds piece has acquired a cult significance among collectors: the obverse shows the young head of the Queen, facing left with the legend, while the reverse shows Queen Victoria as Una leading the lion to the left, with the legend – May the Lord direct my steps ( some coins say DIRIGIT instead of DIRIGE – The Lord directs my steps ) – with the date MDCCCXXXIX in the exergue under the lion.