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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
