Greetings Fellow Dialists,
On a newly discovered pedestal dial made by a Newcastle (England)
schoolmaster in 1858 it says : "Diem onis dicere faisum audeat". At least,
that's what I think it says. It is in Gothic capitals. I have no Latin. Can
anyone please help? It's a nice slate dial, by the way
At least, that's what I think it says.
As always with inscriptions, photos are useful! Fortunately this one was easy.
The inscription reads
Solem quis dicere falsum audeat
or,
Who will dare to say that the sun is wrong?
--
Bill Thayer
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/home.html
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Greetings, fellow dialists,
Thanks to Bill Thayer my sundial motto in Gothic capitals reading: "Diem
onis dicere faisum audeat" turns out in fact to be: "Solem quis dicere
falsum audeat" which he tells me means: "Who will dare to say that the sun
is wrong". The dial owner will be pleased.
I neve
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