Photograph of The Legendary Scribes of History. Bronze doors and glass panels at the Library of Congress John Adams Building trace the history of the written word.

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The Legendary Scribes of History

Bronze doors and glass panels at the Library of Congress John Adams Building trace the history of the written word.

Library of Congress · John Adams Building

The alphabet doors

Photograph of Female figure on a Library of Congress door, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Female figure on a Library of Congress door

Photograph of Door figure detail, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Door figure detail

Photograph of Thoth, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Thoth

Photograph of Ts’ang Chieh, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Ts’ang Chieh

Photograph of Nabu, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Nabu

Photograph of Brahma, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Brahma

Photograph of Cadmus, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Cadmus

Photograph of Tahmurath, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Tahmurath

Photograph of Hermes, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Hermes

Photograph of Odin, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Odin

Photograph of Ogma, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Ogma

Photograph of Itzamna, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Itzamna

Photograph of Quetzalcoatl, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Quetzalcoatl

Photograph of Sequoyah, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Sequoyah

Photograph of Thoth, door detail, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Thoth, door detail

Photograph of Ts’ang Chieh, door detail, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Ts’ang Chieh, door detail

Photograph of Nabu, door detail, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Nabu, door detail

Photograph of Brahma, door detail, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Brahma, door detail

Photograph of Cadmus, door detail, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Cadmus, door detail

Photograph of Tahmurath, door detail, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Tahmurath, door detail

Photograph of Hermes, door detail, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Hermes, door detail

Photograph of Hermes, door detail, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Hermes, door detail

Photograph of Itzamna, door detail, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Itzamna, door detail

Photograph of Itzamna, door detail, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Itzamna, door detail

Photograph of Quetzalcoatl, door detail, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Quetzalcoatl, door detail

Photograph of Quetzalcoatl, door detail, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Quetzalcoatl, door detail

Photograph of Odin, door detail, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Odin, door detail

Photograph of Ogma, door detail, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Ogma, door detail

Photograph of Sequoyah, door detail, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Sequoyah, door detail

Photograph of Sequoyah, door detail, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Sequoyah, door detail

Photograph of Glass panels depicting legendary scribes, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Glass panels depicting legendary scribes

Photograph of Glass panels depicting legendary scribes, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Glass panels depicting legendary scribes

Photograph of Contemporary newspaper feature on the alphabet doors, from Lee Lawrie’s Library of Congress · John Adams Building collection. — Contemporary newspaper feature on the alphabet doors