Dear Nicolas, You are right, the dial dates from 1700. The church was destroyed and rebuilt in 1873, and the then vicar, J R Lunn, installed this replacement gnomon with his initials as well as the Sunday Letter and Golden Number, to commemorate the re-consecration of the church a couple of years later. Gatty, 1900, p259, gives the story. I would be interested to hear of any similar examples.
Best wishes, John From: nicolasever...@libero.it Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 4:14 PM To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: R: Dominical Letter To me it looks like a simple sundial with the interesting motto "FLOREATT ECCLESIA" that should be Floreat Ecclesia, maybe the "Floreat Ecclesia Anglicana". I do not see references to the Dominical Letters or Golden Number in a sundial like this in which, moreover, the triangular gnomon seems to be not compliant with the style of sundial and may have been added later. Best wishes, Nicola Severino ----Messaggio originale---- Da: john.f...@keme.co.uk Data: 27/11/2013 16.05 A: "Sundial List"<sundial@uni-koeln.de> Ogg: Dominical Letter The dial at Marton-cum-Grafton in North Yorkshire has a gnomon engraved with ‘C’ and ‘xiv’, being the Sunday or Dominical Letter, and the Golden Number, for the year of its restoration. I *think* that translates to 1875 (given that the dial is 19th century). Can anyone confirm this? And more interestingly, does anyone have a calculator to show candidate years, given the Sunday Letter and Golden Number? Many thanks for any help, John -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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