Re[2]: fake armillary spheres

2006-04-13 Thread Marcin Egert
Hello, Thanks a lot for information about Portugal. I didn't know. And in general - thanks to everybody for answers. Right now I'm reading your emails. Marcin - Czas plynie wolniej niz myslisz - zobacz to ! www.zegarysloneczne.pl

Re: fake armillary spheres

2006-04-07 Thread fer de vries
Subject: Re: fake armillary spheres Where can I find a list of paintings that feature gnomonic content of various kinds ? -- Richard Mallett Eaton Bray, Dunstable South Beds. UK --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Re: fake armillary spheres

2006-04-06 Thread Richard Mallett
Patrick Powers wrote: Message text written by Marcin Egert Is this only a painter imagination ? Or maybe painters did it on purpose ? Or maybe fake armillary spheres were really produced (what for ? ). I suspect that it is indeed simply the mistake of the painter/engraver

fake armillary spheres

2006-04-04 Thread Patrick Powers
Message text written by Marcin Egert Is this only a painter imagination ? Or maybe painters did it on purpose ? Or maybe fake armillary spheres were really produced (what for ? ). I suspect that it is indeed simply the mistake of the painter/engraver. In such times gnomonics was a University

Re: fake armillary spheres

2006-04-04 Thread Josef Pastor
-koeln.de Betreff: fake armillary spheres Datum: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 10:07:40 +0200 Hello friends, I have one question about armillary spheres. I've come across a picture (to be honest it's at least a few pictures of that kind) of fake armillary sphere. The problem is with ecliptic circle

RE: fake armillary spheres

2006-04-04 Thread Roger Bailey
Fake armillary spheres are a national symbol in Portugal. Have a look at the Portuguese flag. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/flags/po-flag.html . The armillary sphere and the mariners astrolabe were the basis of navigation for the Voyages of Discovery. King Manuel 1 adopted