Dear John (and Willy, Aleks, Wolfgang, et al),
I have greatly enjoyed the all the answers
to your question about Owls and Sundials...
Willy Leenders tells us that the Dutch word
zonnewijzer really means wiser sun. How
many of us knew that?
Aleks has sent us a nice illustration of a
sundial
frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk
To: John Carmichael jlcarmich...@comcast.net
Cc: 'Sundial Mailing List' sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: FW: Sundial Information
Dear John (and Willy, Aleks, Wolfgang, et al),
I have greatly enjoyed the all the answers
to your
Hi Dialists:
I received this intriguing letter from Ohio State University. The writer
talks about an old publication called The Sundial. And then asked me if I
am aware of any relationship between sundials and owls! I am not aware of
any association between the two. I asked him to send me
I suspect there's no relationship. The publishers of the humor magazine were
probably making an oblique reference to the owl of Athena, which is a symbol
of wisdom. A bit sly, but also a bit self-congratulatory (but this is a
college humor magazine, not Dean Swift).
Brad
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at
Dear John,
I'm asking you guys if you have seen any
relationship between owls and sundials.
I once tried very hard to establish such a
relationship but my best intentions were
not appreciated...
I had a client and I wanted to symbolise
sunrise and sunset on the proposed sundial.
I offered a
Perhaps the connection is that the ancient Greek word 'gnomon' means
'one who discerns' or 'that which reveals' . Athena (and her Roman
equivalent, Minerva) was the godess of wisdom and her symbol was the
owl.
Harriet
Harriet James
Sunnydials
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Warminster
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