Hello Gianni, Speaking of Kremsmünster it might be of interest to you that in the Circular Nr.18 of the Sundial Working Group of the Austrian Astronomical Society an article was published by Ms. Ilse Fabian on the astronomic tower of this abbey. Whoever would be interested (it is in German!) might ask for a copy from the president of our group, Mr.Schwarzinger.([EMAIL PROTECTED]). G.Faltlhansl 48,15° N 16,88°E
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Gianni Ferrari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: Sundial List <[email protected]> Datum: Mittwoch, 26. Jänner 2000 20:08 Betreff: Kremsmunster - a CD with many photos > >In September 1999 during a journey in Austria, we have arrived, by chance, >in the small city of Kremsmünster, near Linz, where a beautiful Benedictine >Abbey, built in 1700,.is found. > >Connected to the Abbey there is an astronomic tower that was originally used >as an observatory for astronomical research and that is today a museum of >astronomy. >Here one can see an impressive number of astronomical observation >instruments, including a sextant made of iron that was probably used by >Johannes Kepler in Prague, a collection of pocket sundials, terrestrial and >celestial globes, etc. > >P. Amand Kraml, the administrator of the museum, has collected in a CD the >images of all the sundials that are in the museum and P. Ansgar Rabenalt >has written (in German) a booklet containing a short description of each >of them (70 pages) > >The CD is a very simple and doesn't contain any index. In its parts we >find : >- in the ROOT the file INDEX.HTM with a short presentation of the >astronomic tower of the Abbey. >- In NACHBAU : 3 photographs of a very famous diptych (in color) > >- In SONNUHR1 : 154 photographs of the about 100 sundials described in >the booklet. >All the images are in JPG format (about 1450 x 1450 pixels) very detailed. >To visualize them it is necessary to use a program as Photoshop, ACDSee, >etc. >They are all in b/w (excluding # 74) >The sundials are of many different types (almost all portable ) and are >built in the period 1700-1900 > >- In DOBERSCH : 25 photographs of the pages of the manuscript " Gnomonica >" written by the P. Laurenz Doberschitz in 1764. > > >The CD is on sale and costs 360 AS (Austrian Shelligs) - about 25 US$ >The booklet costs 100 AS (about 7.5 US $) plus the postage > >If someone has interested he can write to P. Amand Kraml asking other >information on : >- the CD-ROM Sonnenuhren >- the book Nr. 33 - P. Ansgar Rabenalt - Die Sonnenuhrensammlung der >Sternwarte Kremsmünster > >It is also on sale a CD containing the photos of the terrestrial and >celestial globes that are in the museum (360 AS) : CD-ROM Globen > > >For other information you can see at http://members.telecom.at/~stewar/ > > >ADDRESS: >P. Amand Kraml >Sternwarte Kremsmünster >KREMSMÜNSTER >A-4550 >AUSTRIA > >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >--------------------------- > >Gianni Ferrari > > > > > >
