I have a book on the cathedral which manages to mention not a single sundial. Makes you wonder how many other sundials exist but shun publicity.
Chris Lusby Taylor Newbury England. Date: 06 Jun 99 22:55:55 From: "Gilbert FOUSSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sundial-L" <[email protected]> Subject: CathÈdrale_de_Strasbourg:_sundials Reply-to: UKUNIX2.UK.ORACLE.COM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from mail-gw3.uk.oracle.com by uks447 (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id AAA03678; Mon, 7 Jun 1999 00:57:12 +0100 Received: from mail-gw2.uk.oracle.com (uksn98.uk.oracle.com [138.3.208.67]) by mail-gw3.uk.oracle.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA07637 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 7 Jun 1999 00:57:12 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE (mail1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE [134.95.100.208]) by mail-gw2.uk.oracle.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA08618 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 7 Jun 1999 00:57:10 +0100 (BST) Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by mail1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id XAA26389 for sundial-out; Sun, 6 Jun 1999 23:59:58 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mozart.rungis.tlp (mail.laposte.fr [195.6.62.7]) by mail1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id XAA26099 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 6 Jun 1999 23:56:43 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from pbn-computer (tntreims11-211.abo.wanadoo.fr [164.138.48.211]) by mozart.rungis.tlp (8.8.7/UW7.1.0) with SMTP id XAA24129 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 6 Jun 1999 23:50:13 +0100 (WETS) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >In fact, there are 6 sundials according to the Cadrans Solaires Francais >Catalogues. >>>Fer J. de Vries ================= Yes, six dials are indexed on the Cathédrale. Four dials (~1572) (of which the meridian one) were used for different times to regulate the successive astronomical clocks. "The Man with the Sundial"(1493) is over the astronomical clock's door... (I carried out a small booklet... in French! It's better than this Altavista Translation!!!) Cordially, Gilbert Fousse # La Poste - F-60128 Mortefontaine # ~ 49N06'44" - 2E36'09" ~ >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <<
