Dear friends,
I am very glad to communicate you that the first italian gnomonic bulletin
will be published in the next September. It will be published each 4 months
with the collaboration of UAI (Unione Astrofili Italiani - Sezione Quadranti
Solari).
The bulletin will be intitled "Gnomonica. Storia, Arte e Tecniche degli
orologi solari". Will have around 42 pages and will be reproduct in
photocopies with black and white immages and draws. The various articles in
this first number are all about history of gnomonics:
The contents is:
- "Mitologia e lettura oraria sui quadranti solari antichi", P. Forlati
(about the mitology);
- "Cronistoria delle meridiane di Fermo", A. Cintio (about the performance
of clocks of tower and sundials in the century ago);
- "La meridiana di Achaz, un orologio solare a rifrazione di George Hartmann
datato 1547", L. Colombo (about a incredible discovery into a little
atiquarian italian market of George Hartmann's chalice refraction sundial of
1547);
- "Costruzione di una meridiana analemmatica per la scuola di Quinzanello",
G. Agnelli (a article for to show the gnomonics to the children and pupils
of schools);
- "Il recupero della meridiana di S. Maria degli Angeli in Roma", J. Vaccaro
(a great project of adoption of this monument for restore);
- "E' ritornata a splendere la meridiana della Basilica di S. Niccolò
all'Arena a Catania", M. Trobia (about the restore of this great meridian line);
- "Storia della Bibliografia della Gnomonica", N. Severino (a history of the
more largest bibliography of gnomonica published in collaboration with
Charles K. Aked);
- "Charles K. Aked: in memoriam", N. Severino
- "L'orologio solare di Torremaggiore: enigma risolto?", N. Severino (about
a strange little vertical sundial showed to VIII National Meeting of italian
diallists in 1997);
- Internet space (from sundial mailing list);
- "La Gnomonica nel WEB", D. Bonata (the first steps into gnomonica on
internet);
and other things on this number.
For a single diallist:
For receive a copy of the "Gnomonica", please to send £.3000 (around 1,5 USA
$); for tre number (for a year), please to send 10.000 lire (5 USA $).
For the ASSOCIATIONS:
It wolud be very nice to free exchange "Gnomonica" with other bulletin of
each association.
I hope your are interestin in this new italian project.
Please write me to:
Nicola Severino
Via Lazio, 6
03030 Roccasecca Stazione (FR) Italy
Phone 039 - 0776- 56.65.08
e.mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
With best reguards
Nicola
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* Nicola Severino (Italy) |
* * Storico della Gnomonica |
* * Via Lazio, 6 - 03030 ROCCASECCA STAZ. (FR)|
* * Phone: house: 0776 - 56.65.08 |
* Office: 0776 - 310.414 |
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* * e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
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* * Internet gnomonics works : |
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http://www.sunrise.it/associazioni/aac/gnomonica/ |
by Rosa Casanova |
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