Edinburgh
University
McEwan Hall |
November 2010
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Photo taken November 29, 2010 at 3.25pm
Edinburgh
University
McEwan Hall |
November 2010
This photo of the entrance
to the McEwan Hall was taken, mid-afternoon, on November 29, 2010,
following a heavy fall of snow in Edinburgh. |
Inscription
The McEwan Hall, at Bristo
Square, Edinburgh, is the graduating hall of the University of Edinburgh.
It was built 1888-97.
The
inscription on the wall above and to the right of the doors in this photo
reads:
HANC AVLAM ACADEMICAM
GVLIEMVS MCEWAN
VNIVERSITATI EDINBVRGENSI
LIBENS ANIMO DONAVIT
MDCCCXCIV
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Translation
I believe this translates as
WILLIAM McEWAN
WILLINGLY GAVE
THIS ACADEMIC HALL
TO THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
1894 |
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