This project may of some interest to members of the Sundial mailing list: Restoration and dissemination of ancient sundials https://www.researchgate.net/project/Restoration-and-dissemination-of-ancient-sundials
Project goal: Sundials are the graphic evidence of complex astronomical events, constantly occurring on the celestial sphere, at huge distances. To set them, frequently, there was the convergence of various doctrines, from mathematics to physics, geography, cartography, from geometry to art: this multidisciplinary convergence is the evidence of a fervent cultural climate arisen in Europe between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries. In this rich intellectual scenery, several sundials of great artistic and scientific value were built in Italy, in particolar in Campania, but they are not adequately appreciated due to the progressive loss of the related millenary culture of timekeeping by the Sun, erased by the advent of modern watches. Ruined by negligence but also by the inability to carry out adequate restorations, Neapolitan sundials are a precious cultural heritage to urgently be saved, providing actions for both conservation and restoration, but also for the dissemination of their ancient knowledge, that is likely to be disperse definitively, as well as rapidly, in the coming decades. So far, two publications (one of them with full text) have been added to this project so far. Kind regards, Wolfgang --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
