Dial Folk, Those who are fascinated with the historic meridian lines found in Italian cathedrals will be interested in the following book, just published this month:
The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories J. L. Heilbron Harvard University Press, 1999. ISBN: 0-674-85433-0 http://www.hup.harvard.edu/F99Books/catalog/sun_church.html ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Mark Gingrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] San Leandro, California