Saturday, February 12, 2011

Latin Inscriptions on a 5th Av NY Building

Interesting set of Latin inscriptions, by asking my idiot son who is learning Latin (or so he says) and an online Latin to English translator, we figured out that these are names of universities and their crests. Any other Latin Speakers around to shed light?

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Lovely wrought iron balcony.

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Sign of a university new Eboraci???

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Dartmouth?

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Cornell and Hamilton College?

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Typical professorial visage on the bottom left

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College something or other

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Naval Academy

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Military Academy. I wonder what this building is? Some kind of university association?

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