I am interested in medieval dials as were in use prior to the advent of clock time (up to mid- to late 14th century)
I am curious how dials were used in this period, as sundials are intrinsically equal-hour devices. I have seen numerous references that suggest that dials were among the methods used to determine when monks should celebrate the daily offices. Since these times would float (based on equal hours), there must have been someway they corrected for the varying hour lengths with the seasons, but have not seen articles detailing methods. References to English language works would be appreciated.
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