Hi Darek, the Horas Benedictinus, are related to the the "canonical hours" used by benedictine monks for the religious office in his churches: Hora Prima, Hora Secunda, Hora Tertia, Hora Sexta... The ancient roman temporary hours was adapted by benetictine monks for his prayers in the churches... stanting from Saint Benedetto in the VI th century... See also "Horae Canonicae" topics... Greetings to all, Nicola
>----Messaggio originale---- >Da: dhar...@o2.pl >Data: 10/04/2013 15.31 >A: <sundial@uni-koeln.de> >Ogg: Horas benedictinus > >An archeologist discovered a very old sundial on a church in a small village in south of Poland. It is a scratch dial with no gnomon nor any hour markings except for a few lines and a hole in the middle. As good as I could I tried to describe this kind of dials giving other examples found in this area. He seemed to be satisfied however he asked if the dial could be related to HORAS BENEDICTINUS. This terms is new to me. Could someone help me understand this, please? What does it refer to? > >-- >Best regards >Darek Oczki >52N 21E >Warsaw, Poland > >GNOMONIKA.pl >Sundials in Poland >http://gnomonika.pl >--------------------------------------------------- >https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
