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     Cpaulin (Cpaulin) Intermediate Member Username: Cpaulin Post Number: 33 Registered: 08-2006 |
Near Medina, Ohio. | ||
| Old_school (Old_school) Senior Member Username: Old_school Post Number: 950 Registered: 01-2009 |
Nice looking job. My problem is that I have no idea whether you spelled it correctly or not. Corse, I cain't spel in Latin! Where is it at? | ||
| Cpaulin (Cpaulin) Member Username: Cpaulin Post Number: 29 Registered: 08-2006 |
The owner's wife is a high school Latin teacher. When they initially contacted me, I told them they contacted exactly the right roofer: one of my degrees is in Latin. The owner purchased the barn for 600 USD, numbered all the pieces, disassembled it, moved it 5 miles down the road to his property, reassembled it, and paid 1000 USD to have it slated in a weekend (slates were shot on with a nail gun...). We came back several years later to fix many broken or fallen slates and the inscription, which is from the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States and can be found on the US one dollar bill. It means "Providence smiles upon our beginnings". Thanks to Barry Smith for the fine hard black slates we used to form the inscription.   |
