Just a note to say that No, the church clock at St Dunstan's, Cranbrook in
Kent just uses normal Roman numerals (with ).
It main interest lies in its supporters, having above an elaborate winged
and bearded figure with a scythe (Father Time, but is he usually winged?).
This figure, and more f
In reply to Claude Hartman's note about Gothic Numerals on
Sundials, I only recall having seen these on dials in Germany. However, as
far as Portable Dials are concerned I know of a few examples. One is
a brass dial mounted on the lid of a snuff box. Unfortunately it is
unsigned and even
Dear sundial friends,
I lost last year's sundial list messages, due to some mishap with our new
e-mail server. As far as I know, the list is not officially archived. Has
anyone perhaps collected the postings from 20 Jan. 2004 to 19 Jan. 2005?
Please mail me off-list before sending :-)
Thanks!
Fr
Dear Mario,
Please notice the web page
:
http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/kultdoku/kataloge/07/html/699.htm#
The page includes a text about the
folding dial of Georg Peuerbach in the Kaiser Maximilian Museum in
Innsbruck.
Unfortunately, the text is only in
German.
Karl SchwarzingerA-6073 Sis
