In 2002 I wrote a short article on the mosaic that Ronit Maoz is looking for.
The article was published in the Italian review Gnomonica Italiana (#3-October
2002) and on NASS-The Compendium ( June 2003): I attach a (little) image of
the mosaic.
Gianni Ferrari
P.S.
Using Arabic or
Ronit Maoz,
Strange to see the words going from right to left but I manage.
Is this the mosaic you are looking for?
I searched on the web for Anaximander sundial.
I hope it will pass the sundial list.
Apart from this mail I send you a some larger colored picture.
Best Wishes, Fer.
Fer J.
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http://www.de-zonnewijzerkring.nl
Eindhoven, Netherlands
lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E
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From: fer de vries
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Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: mosaic of wise men under
It is the first opera of a real mosaic sundial made without industrial
contribute of glass tiles.
I don't know if it is the first one (I can't say it), but yes it has been
made without contribute of industrial of glass tiles.
The author didn't use the classical tecnique
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the mosaic sundial done by italian diallist
Valentino. It is the first opera of a real mosaic sundial made without
industrial contribute of glass tiles
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There are many
examples of sundials made with the
technique of the mosaic .
Among these I
remember:
- the
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, nicola severino wrote:
yes, the author of this mosaic sundial (Valentino Falcone from
Morschwiller le Bas, Alsazia) have not used the classical tecnique,
and not the only Roman or Hellenic style, because him like to use the
miscellaneous style. At our knowledgment, this
There is I believe a mosaic analemmatic dial at a school in South London
but I don't have details, though I may be able to find some out.
Regards
Andrew James
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From: John Carmichael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 11 February 2004 13:45
To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
By the way, I've learned a lot about making mosaics and it is even easier
than making stained glass windows. I encourage more dialists to use this
beautiful medium more. You don't need expensive tools or lots of experience
to make a mosaic sundial. If you go to the bottom of the Technical
Dear Ronit Maoz and all SML members,
Other sundials above columns represented on mosaics :
- Antioch, Turkey
- Saint-Romain-en-Gal, France
Armillary spheres:
- Solunto, Sicily(mosaic)
- Vienne, France (painting)
- Stabia, Italy (painting)
For both topics, rich
Dear Ronit Maoz and all SML members,
Are you informed of the mosaic discovered in Trier
(Germany) in 1898, representing a bearded man sitting,
identified as astronomer Anaximandros, and holding a
double vertical declining dial (pelecinum ? pharetra
?the question is not still decided) on his left
Have you also checked out the roman mosaic which includes a sundial at
Brading, Isle of Wight, UK. The central subject is a black-bearded astronomer
seated by a pillar with a sundial on it, pointing with a stick to a globe
below it, and a vase with what seems to be a pen sticking out of it on
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There is a largish picture of the mosaic on the Web:
here: http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/PictDisplay/Plato.html.
-- Richard Langley
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Gianni Ferrari wrote:
Some notes
The mosaic, called also Plato's Academy, is , at present
as a
pdf file. (1.38 MB).
Roger Bailey
Walking Shadow Designs
N 51 W 115
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Sent: July 11, 2002 1:15 PM
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Subject: Re: Mosaic-2
There is a largish picture of the mosaic
,
the pictures of the 2 versions.
Sincerely, Ronit Maoz
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From: Gianni Ferrari [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Ronit Moaz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: SUNDIAL MAILING LIST sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: mosaic
The mosaic was discovered in 1897
There is a largish picture of the mosaic on the Web:
here: http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/PictDisplay/Plato.html.
-- Richard Langley
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Gianni Ferrari wrote:
Some notes
The mosaic, called also Plato's Academy, is , at present, in the
National Archaeological
The mosaic was discovered in 1897 in Torre Annunziata (near Pompei )
It is called mosaic of the Seven Scholars and it is a copy, made in the
first century a.C., of an ellennistic work (about 200 b. C.)
Many studies have been made on this mosaic; the most recent are those of
Konrad Gaiser,
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