Hi,
The ‘XIV’ could also refer to the Gregorian epact of the year: then this would
fit for 1`915 and 2010.
Rob van Gent
From: sundial [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of John Foad
Sent: woensdag 27 november 2013 16:06
To: Sundial List
Subject: Dominical Letter
The dial at
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
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
Hello John,
A bit of a side aspect to your query but the same Mr Buck was previously Vicar
at Kirkby Malzeard and this dial seems to be from there.
See: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/gatty/sundials/241.html which has,
at entry #316, this text:
316.FLOREAT ECCLESIA. May the
I see that Patrick has given the history of this dial, so the actual date is
determined.
However, for completeness to your actual enquiry, the candidate dates where the
Golden Number and Canonical Letters match are: 1649, 1706, 1858, 1915 (and +/-
400 years on either side of those dates, but
