Re: Place de la Concorde
>From a Frenchman: Levant has two meanings: sunset and East I understand the sentence as: "In Paris, the north rises at the East (or sunrise) of Thebes" To be quite honest, I'm not quite sure what this means outside of the entire context... I don't remember how the obelisk is oriented on the Concorde either... It could be related. Corentin -- Barry > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: "sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de" > Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 02:44:51 +0100 > To: "sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de" > Subject: Re: Place de la Concorde > > Hi Willy, > > I don't understand your translation of the phrase. Where do you get 'east' > from? From what I remember of my schoolboy French the word for 'east' > is 'est'. Further: > > levant = raising (verbe);or > levant = rising (adjectif, adverbe); > surgir = to arise (verbe). > nord = north (adjectif, adverbe); or > nord = north (nom masculin) > > So I translate the phrase as: > > At the rising of Thebes, Paris of the north arises. > > Still not sure what it means but I think that is a more accurate translation. > Iwould also be grateful for some help %~( > Terry > > Quoting Willy Leenders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> In the middle of august I sent the subjoined question. >> I received no answer. >> Maybe everybody was on holiday. >> >> I repeat the question. >> >> At the Place de la Concorde in Paris, on the meridian passing through >> the footh of the obelisk from the temple of Ramses II at Thebes (the XII >> hour line of the sundial) there is the inscription "AU LEVANT DE THEBES >> SURGIT A PARIS LE NORD". >> >> I translate this as "AT THE EAST OF THEBES THE NORD RISES IN PARIS". >> >> Can anybody explain this sentence ? >> >> Willy Leenders >> Hasselt, Flanders in Belgium >> >> - >> > > > > > --- > This mail sent through http://webmail.zoom.co.uk > - -
Equinox Movie
Tomorrow is the equinox (at least for my longitude), and today I took a time-lapse movie of the beams of light crossing at Kate Pond's Odyssey of Light at solar noon. Tomorrow will be overcast, which is why I couldn't wait for the genuine equinox date. It was a bit overcast today as well, so the beams are somewhat dim. You can link to the movie (.avi format, 1.6 MB) on my consult page . It looks pretty good if enlarged to full screen. -Bill -
Re: Spanish style sundials
I have searched for a spanish site with a number of images with little success. The best link was on the "links" page of the NASS site, www.sundials.org/links. The one listed as "Relojes de Sol" has a page with links to pages having images. Many of these pages show some very "modern" forms. I have tried to find out if sundials were used in the California missions. The curators at two museums, one in Newport Beach and one at Santa Barbara, could find no references. The only sundials seem to be 19th century horizontals that were added in recent times. If there were ever any verticals on some walls they have either not survived or have not been recognized as such. Claude Hartman Arroyo Grande, California [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > A Californian diallist who is not a member of this list wants to put a > vertical sundial on a local church building, now used as a community centre. > > The church was built in the early 1900s but to the earlier "Mission-sytle". > The wall is approximately south-facing and of white stucco. It is likely > that the dial will be painted onto the wall. > > Can anyone point me to suitable styles of dial (probably from the > Spanish-speaking world) that would be appropriate to the site, please. > > Thanks in anticipation, > > John D > -- > > Dr J R Davis > Flowton Dials > N52d 08m: E1d 05m > - -
Sudial list member
Please could Canadian list member Brian Albinson contact me off-list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) as I regret to say I have lost your email address. Apologies to all other list members. John Davis Dr J R Davis Flowton Dials N52d 08m: E1d 05m -
Spanish style sundials
Dear Colleagues, A Californian diallist who is not a member of this list wants to put a vertical sundial on a local church building, now used as a community centre. The church was built in the early 1900s but to the earlier "Mission-sytle". The wall is approximately south-facing and of white stucco. It is likely that the dial will be painted onto the wall. Can anyone point me to suitable styles of dial (probably from the Spanish-speaking world) that would be appropriate to the site, please. Thanks in anticipation, John D -- Dr J R Davis Flowton Dials N52d 08m: E1d 05m -
Re: Dividing the Circle
Hi Larry, >This book is now made of unobtainium. Like it! > >I've tried all the used book searches without success. I thought the >British bookstore, Blackwell's, really had one in-stock as their website >said; actually, they lied! They intended to get it from the publisher, >but there are none there any longer. Who was it who said Blackwell's is >reputable? So now they have a new 'reputation'.. for making misleading statements. >I also requested info using the inquiry link on the publisher's website. >The publisher sent me an email saying that they had sent the few >remaining copies to the author, Allan Chapman. Helpfully, they did give >me his address at Oxford. I sent him a postal letter asking if he has a >copy he can make available; perhaps he will reply. Good thought! I hope it works. If all else fails I can get my inter-library copy again and make an scanned electronic version on CD. Now that it is unobtainable to buy my conscience is untroubled. Back to it. Tony -
Re: Dividing the Circle
Fellow shadow watchers, >Good thought! I hope it works. If all else fails I can get my >inter-library copy again and make an scanned electronic version on CD. >Now that it is unobtainable to buy my conscience is untroubled. > Oh Just Great!.and I thought I was making a private response to a dialling friend. This automatic 'reply all' system drives me to distraction - and probably behind bars! Come out here the boy who said "About time too!" Tony Moss -
