Hello Roderick & all, The Dutch Sundial Society had its quarterly meeting last Saturday in Utrecht. A new member, Karin ten Kleij, pointed out some Sicily dials she had found in the internet, which are adorned with the 13 constellations. An intriguing coincidence!
In these cases the constellations are not used for the date lines, as is the case with the Genk dial, but for decoration, apparently from a modern astronomical point of view. My Italian is weak, so don't blame me for not giving a summary of the stories.
The links are: http://web.tiscalinet.it/astrofilicatanesi/meridct8.html http://astrocultura.uai.it/strumenti/meridiana/meridianarivoluzionaria.htm Best regards, Frans Maes On 20-3-2011 9:22, R Wall wrote:
HI all, I found this lovely “Book of Time sundial”: http://www.fransmaes.nl/genk/en/gk-x12-e.htm I’ve also found a stone book accessory from a monumental supplier here in Australia. This looks as if it should be suitable for a book sundial. But as the sundial will be out in the weather, and I want the sundial to last. What stone should the book be made from? Also any ideas on how the inscription should be done for it to last? Regards, Roderick Wall.
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