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Title
Carvings in stone in front of Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1939
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1930/1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Divinity.Library@yale.edu
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
"Panels in front steps of College of Medicine. The Carved stone is supposed to be symbolic of Chinese and Greek medicine. The Greek words are 'You shall know the truth.'" A view of the front entrance to the college. In between the two sets of stairs are two reliefs. The upper relief depicts an octagonal design with the various bars for the eight elements used in I Ching, with dragons and a yin-yang symbol in the center. The lower design is a caeducus with Greek text over it.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 7.7 x 5.2 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m9740 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG011-416-0000-5208
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m9740
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG011-416-0000-5208.jpg
Subject
Academic buildings
West China Union University
Exterior views
Time Period
1930/1940
Place
Asia
China
Szechwan
Source
YDS/RG011/416/0000/5208 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
impa-m980

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