Frieze above entrance, public library, Yardley Road, South Yardley
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Frieze above entrance, public library, Yardley Road, South Yardley
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 1 Feb 2014
This frieze shows two flying putti, delightfully rounded with blank eyes and a shock of hair, holding an open book bearing the inscription NUTRIMENTUM SPIRITUS, which must roughly translate as 'nourishment for the spirit'. Their bold, simplified carving complements that of the primitive styled columns supporting the portico and continued above it as decorative features. Sculptor: William Bloye, frieze completed by the end of 1938. The library was designed by J.P.Osborne. The whole entrance is seen in Image, and the whole building in Image Information from George T Noszlopy, Public Sculpture of Birmingham…, Liverpool University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-85323-692-5 (paperback).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.461004
Longitude
-1.815984