1822 - School - Brasov, Romania
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member PISA-caching
N 45° 38.458 E 025° 35.325
35T E 390019 N 5055126
Chronogram above the entrance of a school
Waymark Code: WM193W2
Location: Romania
Date Posted: 11/21/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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The building behind the Black Church with the address Curtea Honterus 3 in Brasov is one of three buildings of a Romanian school. Above the entrance is the folliwing chronogram:

hIC doCti atqve bonI DoCeant
nonqve eXeat VllVs qvi doctvs non
est avt iMpivs et malvs avdit

This calculates to 1822, which is the year, in which the construction of the building started. One year later the building was finished. It's interesting that lots of the letters that represent Roman numerals are not bigger than the others. Above the chronogram is another Latin inscription saying "Non scholae sed vitae", which means "Not for school but for life", but it doesn't belong to the chronogram.

Type of numerals used: Roman

Text of the original chronogram: hIC doCti atqve bonI DoCeant nonqve eXeat VllVs qvi doctvs non est avt iMpivs et malvs avdit

English translation of the chronogram: Let the learned and good teach here, and let no one leave who is not learned, or who hears impiously and badly

Pure chronogram?: no

Natural chronogram?: no

Website explaining the chronogram: Not listed

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