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Sterling Library bas relief panorama

Panoramic view of the front entrance bas relief of Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT. The relief was designed by Lee Lawrie and carved by René Chambellan. From left to right, the scene depicts Cro-Magnon, Egyptian, Babylonian, Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Chinese, and Mayan writing, drawing text from significant manuscripts in each language. The central figure is a medieval scholar, and the figures over the archways are an Egyptian eagle, Phoenician ship, Babylonian lamassu at left, and Mayan serpent, Athenian owl, and the Roman capitoline wolf at right. Translations of the inscriptions are available in

Date
2011
Collection
Carol M. Highsmith Archive
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
photograph
Original size
11,630 × 3,417 pixels

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Reason: Carol M. Highsmith Archive: dedicated to the public domain by the photographer.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-Highsmith; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Sterling Library bas relief panorama" (2011). Carol M. Highsmith Archive. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sterling_Library_bas_relief_panorama.jpg

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