{"id":1211,"date":"2013-12-17T20:48:57","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T20:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/library\/?page_id=1211"},"modified":"2021-11-30T16:23:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T21:23:38","slug":"the-library-inscriptions-schweigen-und-denken","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/library\/about\/inscriptions\/the-library-inscriptions-schweigen-und-denken\/","title":{"rendered":"The Library Inscriptions &#8211; Schweigen und Denken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A panel mounted on the east wall of the library lobby, opposite the circulation desk, has the inscription.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Schweigen und Denken<br \/>\nWird keinen kr\u00e4nken&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">[ Silence and thought ]<br \/>\n[ Harm no one&#8230; ]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1233\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1233 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1549\/schweigen-300x80.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1549\/schweigen-300x80.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1549\/schweigen-768x204.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1549\/schweigen-80x21.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1549\/schweigen.jpg 1003w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph of &#8220;Schweigen und Denken&#8230;&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These are the first lines from Epigram No. 97 of the poet Wilhelm M\u00fcller (1794-1827), Gedichte, Leipzig, 1837. He is best known for his \u201cDie sch\u00f6ne M\u00fcllerin\u201d and \u201cDie Winterreise\u201d poems set to music by Franz Schubert (D796 and D911).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Unbedacht Sagen,<br \/>\nWer wollt\u2019 es verklagen?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">[ Thoughtless words, ]<br \/>\n[ Who wants to be accused ]<br \/>\n[ of them? ]<\/p>\n<p>The panel, measuring approximately 8 feet by 2 feet, is Dakota Mahogany granite. The polished surface was lightly sandblasted through a rubber stencil, to transfer the letter forms, and then carved by hand to create the shallow U-section of the letters. These are a Northern European version of the chancery italic hand, inspired by the work of the contemporary German calligrapher Friedrich Neugebauer. The panel was installed on September 2, 1995.<\/p>\n<p>[ <a title=\"Inscriptions\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/library\/inscriptions\/\">Back to Inscriptions main page<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A panel mounted on the east wall of the library lobby, opposite the circulation desk, has the inscription. Schweigen und Denken Wird keinen kr\u00e4nken&#8230; [ Silence and thought ] [ Harm no one&#8230; ] These are the first lines from Epigram No. 97 of the poet Wilhelm M\u00fcller (1794-1827), Gedichte, Leipzig, 1837. He is best [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":619,"featured_media":0,"parent":1094,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1211","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/619"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9784,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1211\/revisions\/9784"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}