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Saturday, April 19, 2008

SFGH Building 9 Entrance


SFGH Building 9 Entrance, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

I get the relief above the arch, that's a somewhat Romanesque rendering of Hippocrates and his posse, thuddingly appropriate for a hospital, right? But what's with the two Nebuchadnezzars flanking the frieze?

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