William P Thayer wrote: > > Rule out Strasbourg. > > I lived in Strasbourg for a year and know the cathedral well. The 15c clock > in the cathedral is not a sundial... It's an astronomical *clock*. > > It's conceivable, mind you, that it might include a small detail that is a > sundial, sort of for comparison purposes. If so, it cannot be a working > dial. The clock is indoors, occupying pretty much the entire east wall of > the south transept, which is lit only dimly and indirectly by stained-glass > windows: very attractive but not conducive to gnomonics. (Liturgical east > and south, that's geographical north-east and south-east.) > > Bill Thayer > LacusCurtius > http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman
Bill, Indeed, inside is an astrononical clock, but on the outside of the cathedral there are sundials and one of them is meant by Rohr. Best, Fer. -- Fer J. de Vries [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iaehv.nl/users/ferdv/ lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E
