Stone book carvings in Krakow house wall.

I like this. It sends out a message that literacy within books is timeless. Seen carved into an outer house wall in the medieval town centre of Krakow, Poland.

The titles shown here depict famous writers of the world as well as some famous books from this area.

I tried to find more information on this, but could not. Maybe a viewer might help.

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Peter_Private_Box ^club

Hi Herb,

a fascinating detail from your holiday, and a shame nobody else has any information. Were the book titles real, or just random letters? Maybe in Latin of course...!!

Best Wishes
Peter

8.2 years ago.

Fred Fouarge ^club

zijn die boeken ook te lezen ?

8.2 years ago.

Herb Riddle ^club has replied

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H again Peter. I still have found no further info but because I have the original sized photo I can read the titles clearly: Sofokles: Sophocles -Greek- famous for his tragedies , Dumas: French author, Mann: Thomas Mann-German writer. Mistrzimałgorzata, Krabat and other shown here are famous books of this area. So the picture depicts historical authors and book titles -not much in Latin as far as I can see. Hope this helps.
Best Wishes, Herb

8.2 years ago.

Herb Riddle ^club has replied

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Hallo Fred, aangezien deze hier gefotografeerde boeken in steen zijn uitgehouwen, denk ik dat het misschien moeilijk is om deze echt te lezen, maar ik vestig uw aandacht op mijn antwoord aan Peter hierboven. En dus kunnen alle boeken en werken van de afgebeelde auteurs natuurlijk nog steeds worden gevonden en gelezen!

Cheers, Herb

8.2 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

I agree with Rosa, and it's a pity and a surprise that there doesn't seem to be anything about it anywhere!

8.2 years ago.

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