"In Angello cum Libello" Sculpture (Kharkiv)

Ukraine / Kharkivska / Kharkiv
 sculpture, tourist attraction

The "In Angello cum Libello" ('Alone with a Book') sculpture was created in honor of students of Kharkiv Higher Medical School of all times and peoples.
Sculptor - Katib Mamedov.

"In angello cum libello" (with slight variations - 'In a little corner with a little book') - shortened form of a motto often ascribed to Thomas a Kempis.
The complete saying (as reported by an early biographer) is a mixture of Latin and Dutch languages:
"In omnibus requiem quaesivi, sed non inveni, nisi in hoexkens ende boexkens" ('I have sought everywhere for peace, but I have found it not save in nooks and in books').
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Coordinates:   50°0'33"N   36°13'42"E
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