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closed his c a re e r, M arch 3. 1768.
A legacy w as
left by him for th e founding a C haplaincy o f
L egation a t C openhagen.
In the sm all chapel
containing the sarco phagu s a ta b le t, placed by his
friend M r.
Weston,
b ears an inscription to his
m em ory.
T h e rem ains o f the talented a u th o r o f
a n Icelan dic-E nglish D ictionary,
Richard Clcasby
,
Esqr
. , a re also h e re deposited — cut off in the
p rim e o f life w hen he h ad n early b ro u g h t his
lab o rio u s task to its conclusion.
T h is valuable
w ork , the fruits o f an assiduous an d enthusiastic
scho lar’s la b o rs , w ill, it is h o p e d , for the sake o f
N o rth ern lite ratu re and the m em ory of the deceased,
th ro u g h the exertions o f those w ho have u nd ertak en
its com pletion, in a sh o rt tim e be published.
Trinitatiskirke, Trinity
, or, as it is som etim es
called,
the Round Church,
situate a t the top o f
K io bm ag e rg ad e , w as b uilt by C hristian IV .
T he
A ltar an d P u lp it are richly ornam ented w ith carved
oak-w ood. B u t th a t w hich m ost m erits attentio n is
the R ou nd T o w e r, 115 ft. h ig h , considered to be
unique in E u ro p e , constructed from a p lan o f
T ycho B ra h e ’s favorite disciple C hristopher L ong o-
m o ntan us. It is ascended by a b road inclined spiral
p la n e , u p w hich P e te r the G reat is said to have
driven w ith his C o n so rt, C atharine, in a carriag e -
a n d -fo u r — a fe a t, afte r a ll, o f no very difficult