John Carmichael wrote:
It no longer is there [Nun Appleton Hall] and I don't know when it was
removed. It now resides in lightbox for display at entrance to York Art
Gallery.
And p.s. Do they allow people to visit that vestibule area?
Last time I was in York (August 2007) it was no longer on
Hi John,
It's quite common for old (and even not-so-old) photos to be inadvertently
printed in reverse. There was an example quite recently of a dial on a glass
lantern slide printed in reverse in the BSS Bulletin. And there is a modern
dialling book with a famous painting reversed...
Dear John,
I am convinced that the picture is reversed. If you look at the hour
numerals you will see that they travel wrongly too - they should go clockwise
when seen from inside. Perhaps it is a picture of a Southern Hemisphere Dial?
;-)
Regards,
Mike Cowham
I just noticed
Carmichael ; sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: Nun Appleton Dial Mystery
Dear John,
I am convinced that the picture is reversed. If you look at the hour
numerals you will see that they travel wrongly too - they should go clockwise
when seen from
Appleton Dial Mystery
Hi John,
It's quite common for old (and even not-so-old) photos to be inadvertently
printed in reverse. There was an example quite recently of a dial on a glass
lantern slide printed in reverse in the BSS Bulletin. And there is a modern
dialling book with a famous painting
Hi All (esp. John Davis, Mike Cowhan David Brown):
I just noticed something odd about the very famous stained glass sundial
that is known as The Nun Appleton Dial. I don't know why I never saw this
before. It slipped by right me.
Take a look at this graphic of two photographs:
that vestibule area?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of John Carmichael
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:00 AM
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Nun Appleton Dial Mystery
Hi All (esp. John Davis, Mike Cowhan David Brown):
I just noticed something odd about the very
: Nun Appleton Dial Mystery
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:00:16 -0700
Hi All (esp. John Davis, Mike Cowhan David Brown):
I just noticed something odd about the very famous stained
glass sundial that is known as “The Nun Appleton Dial”.
I don’t know why I never saw this before
: John Carmichael
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:23 PM
Subject: RE: Nun Appleton Dial Mystery
I just had a thought.
Couldn't we tell if the black white photo is reversed if we could see how
the garden of the Nun Appleton looks today? If any of those
