Re: Sundial mottos for clergy

2005-11-09 Thread Barry Wainwright
On 8/11/05 23:21, J. Tallman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, I have a sundial client who is interested in commissioning a Spectra dial for the minister of their (Protestant) church. The question was asked whether there have been any classical/traditional sundial mottos, in Latin or

Re: Sundial mottos for clergy

2005-11-09 Thread willy leenders
The translation in latin is:Fiant luminaria in firmamento caeli ut dividant diem ac noctem et sint in signa et tempora et dies et annos.Willy LeendersHasselt, Flanders (Belgium)On 09 Nov 2005, at 12:45, Barry Wainwright wrote:On 8/11/05 23:21, "J. Tallman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All,I have

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2005-11-09 Thread John Carmichael
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RE: Sundial Blacklist

2005-11-09 Thread Joe Montani
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RE: Sundial mottos for clergy

2005-11-09 Thread Joe Montani
Quoting a little, and replying: From: J. Tallman [EMAIL PROTECTED] The question was asked whether there have been any classical/traditional sundial mottos, in Latin or otherwise, that have been used on church/clergy related dials throughout history. A motto I could suggest is one which

RE: Sundial mottos for clergy

2005-11-09 Thread JOHN DAVIS
Hi Jim et al: The motto which the Bishop of Ely requested for the dial I made for him was: "Now is the acceptable time: now is the day of salvation" I think this is a biblical quotation. Not to my taste, but then the customer is always right! Regards, John Davis ---Dr J

Re: Sundial mottos for clergy

2005-11-09 Thread J. Tallman
Hello, Thanks you guys for this very appropriate suggestion, and for the Latin scholarship from Willy. I appreciate the help. I have found a really good site for Bible verses and the Latin equivalents: http://www.newadvent.org/bible/mat005.htm I thought that I would suggest more than one

Re: Sundial mottos for clergy

2005-11-09 Thread willy leenders
You are the light of the worldis in latinVos estis lux mundiWilly LeendersHasselt, Flanders (Belgium)On 09 Nov 2005, at 17:34, J. Tallman wrote: Hello, Thanks you guys for this very appropriate suggestion, and for the Latin scholarship from Willy.  I appreciate the help. I have found a really

Re: Sundial mottos for clergy

2005-11-09 Thread Ross Sinclair Caldwell
The Bible has a miracle-story concerning the reversal of a shadow on a sundial, but it doesn't seem to have any suitable quotes (at least in Latin). See Isaiah 38:4-8 and 2 Kings 20:1-11. The first one, in the King James Version, contains a nice line if you truncate the sentence - Behold,

Re: Sundial mottos for clergy

2005-11-09 Thread wee-meng lee
From: J. Tallman [EMAIL PROTECTED] The question was asked whether there have been any classical/traditional sundial mottos, in Latin or otherwise, that have been used on church/clergy related dials throughout history. I don't know if the following quote is classical/traditional or not. If I