Dear Fellow Dialers,
As research for a talk and book, I am seeking images of sundials in art,
literature, music, or advertising. My aim is to explore the iconography
of the sundial in diverse media over a long range of time. The sundial
in the picture might be central to the message of the work of art (as in
an emblem or exhortation not to waste time), or it might be clustered
with other objects (as in a scholar's study or with instruments trampled
by war), or it might be off to the side as a piece of romantic
background furniture (as in a garden scene with lovers or on a wine
label). What I am not interested in for this project are plates from
dialing books showing the mathematical construction of dials. However,
the ornamental title pages or frontispieces of such works can have
vignettes of people using a dial, and these would be of interest to me.
Also at the NASS meeting in Seattle, we were treated to some sundial
music from the early modern period. It was wonderful. I would be
grateful to anyone who has the titles, lyrics, or music to send copies
to me.
If you wish to send me your replies off list in order to include jpegs,
please do so. I promise to share the fruits of this search with the
list when the project is done.
Thanks for your help!
Sara
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Sara Schechner, Ph.D.
David P. Wheatland Curator
Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
Department of the History of Science
Harvard University, Science Center 251c
1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept/chsi.html
Tel: 617-496-9542
Fax: 617-496-5932
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