Hi, A friend has sent me a couple of pictures of a sundial at Montegufoni in Tuscany, and has asked me how it works. I can't figure it out fully.
On the face of it, we seem to have a fairly ordinary vertical decliner using a nodus, but we don't understand the hour numbering. They don't seem to be modern, and I can't make sense of them as Italian Hours either. The pictures were taken at 8 am (during daylight saving time). Note that they go 16...13...19. Also, what is the diagonal line cutting across the first picture? Thanks, Steve http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dave.chapman/Sundials/European%20Sundials/image/ 1.jpg http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dave.chapman/Sundials/European%20Sundials/image/ 2.jpg
