Editing Pepys Library (section)

==Pepys Building==
The Pepys Building is the principal ornament of the College and of considerable architectural interest. The plainer rear is of brick while the front is [[neoclassical architecture|neo-classical]] and in [[Ketton stone]]. Built between 1670 and 1703, it has been described as "a highly remarkable classical building of the date".<ref>[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1332183 RCHM listing]</ref>

Construction was slow for want of money, but the project was revived after advice was sought from [[Robert Hooke]] in 1677. Samuel Pepys made three subscriptions to the building fund.

On the front of the building is the painted inscription ''Bibliotheca Pepysiana 1724'' which records the date of arrival of the library; above it are painted Pepys's coat of arms and his motto ''"Mens cujusque is est quisque"'' ("The mind's the man" taken from [[Cicero]]'s ''[[De re publica]]'' 6.26).