Dear John, Thank you for bringing this to our attention! The Wilanow Palace sundial photo and its description can also be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Warsaw_Wilanow_Palace_sundial.jpg This is indeed an interesting sundial, but also an interesting photo.
Karl Schwarzingers photo led him to state that "Chronos holds style with a pierced gnomon shaped as sun", and indeed it looks that way in his photo. The hi-res one clearly shows that the supposed pierced gnomon actually is a sun face stuck to the wall. So the date is read at the tip of the rod, which fits in with the date the photo was taken: June 25. In addition, the rod is not a pole style, which is clear from the fact that its shadow does not line up with the hour lines. Best regards, Frans John Carmichael wrote: > > > Recently I came across a website that has a high definition photo of > what I think is one of the world’s most beautiful sundials. It is a > sundial made of sculpted painted plaster or stone (I can’t tell which), > and it’s located on a wall of The Royal Palace of Wilanow in Warsaw > Poland. (Actually, it’s a multiple dial with three separate faces). I > have known about this dial for years now from Karl Schwartzinger’s > website. But Karl’s photo was not of high quality and I never was able > to find a high resolution photo of it until now. If you have a slow > modem, It’s worth the wait to see it in high definition. > > > > High Definition Photo (2 MBs) : > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Warsaw_Wilanow_Palace_sundial.jpg > > > > > > You must also see the closeup photos of it at this website (click on the > word “dalej>” under the photo): > http://www.wilanow-palac.art.pl/index.php?id=195 > > > > Here are the other photos of it on Karl’s site: > http://members.aon.at/sundials/bild33_e.htm > > > > Enjoy! > > > > John Carmichael* * > > > > > > > > *Dial 31* > *Delineator: *John Hevelius, astronomer of Gdansk and Adam Adamandy > Kochanski, royal librarian and mathematicians > *Painter: *unknown > *Location: *Poland, Warsaw, The Royal Palace of Wilanow > *Date: *1681-1682, Restored 1995 > *Photo Origin: *Photo ‘a’ was taken by Arnold Paul on 06-25-2006 and is > copied from Wikimedia.org website below. Photo ‘b’ is by Karl > Schwarzinger and was sent to us by him. > *Photo Permission: *Photo ‘a’ is used following terms of the license > below. Photo ‘b’ is used with permission from Karl Schwarzinger. Please > do not copy photo ‘a’ without using the license available online. Please > do not copy photo ‘b’ without permission from Karl Schwarzinger. > *Karl Schwartzinger’s Website: *http://members.aon.at/sundials/bild33_e.htm > *Website: *http://www.wilanow-palac.art.pl/index.php?id=195 > *Website: > *http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Warsaw_Wilanow_Palace_sundial.jpg > *Creative Commons License: *http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ > http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/Pinkies/PWS_031a.jpg > <http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/Dials/PWS_031a.jpg>http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/Pinkies/PWS_031b.jpg > > <http://advanceassociates.com/WallDial/Dials/PWS_031b.jpg> > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
