Re: Shadows Sky Telescope

2004-09-16 Thread anselmo 

Cher François,

I have seen the article about Shadows in ST. Congratulations for
such laudatory report! 

 I should finish the new Shadows Pro soon, if I can find few days quite...

Once the program is completely finished, it'd be a great help for
sundialists.

Congratulations again,

Anselmo
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The Chicksands Priory Dial

2004-09-16 Thread John Carmichael 



While researching the lost Chicksands Priory 
stained glass sundial that was in the Behrendt Videotapes, while googling, I 
came across this website that has a much better photo of this formerly lost 
dial. We now know that it still exists and is in good condition! 
(Although whoever took the photo clipped off the top and bottom of the 
dial.So we still need a better photo of it.) I think this is a John 
Oliver Dial.

see it at : 
http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/webingres/bedfordshire/vlib/0.digitised_resources/chicksands_az_topics_chicksands_priory.htm

Do any of you Brits live near there?

The Merton Church Dial

2004-09-16 Thread John Carmichael 




Boy am I having a good day! I think I've just found the lost Merton 
Church stained glass sundial that was also in the Behrendt Videotapes and 
article.It's located at St. Peter's Church in Merton, Norfolk England.
I saw this website ( http://www.wayland.org.uk/site/site/Merton/church) 
and buried in the website text is this sentence:
"A curiosity will be found in a south aisle window. It is a representation in 
stained glass of the passing hours with a Latin tag, suggesting that "while we 
talk time flies", and in the corner a spider is busy catching a fly."
In Behrendt's article he says that it's latin motto says ""dum loquimur fugit 
hors" , and I'm pretty sure this translates into "while we talk time flies".
So that proves it. It is the missing Merton ChurchDial!
Even in our horrible photograph you can see that it's quite 
beautiful.
I'm hinting that we need better photos of this one too. Do any of you 
live in Norfolk?

(By the way, I'm confused if Merton is the town or if Wayland is the town in 
Norfolk.)