Think you know the origin of the old library emblem - the one that is embedded in the floor of the South Building?
The Courier-Journal unlocked the mystery for us in 1954. Mayor Charles Farnsley saw it on the grand stairway at Versailles that summer and staff discovered it's the cipher of kings of France used by Louis XV, Louis XVIII and Louis XIV.
Louis XVI, for whom Louisville is named did not use the cipher but the architect must have thought it was a good decorative piece.
I found this interesting tidbit in an article from the CJ published on September 19, 1954.
So know you know!
Huh, that's actually pretty interesting. Good stuff, cfitchster.
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