Well, my guess about the diagonal line is that the wall declines to the south east, and that the diagonal line defines the shadow path of the style's tip on the equinoxes. I ain't got no idea what the numbers are all about. Bill Gottesman, Burlington, VT
In a message dated 8/13/2001 7:46:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Subj: Sundial at Montegufoni, Tuscany > Date: 8/13/2001 7:46:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Lelievre) > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] (Sundial mailing list) > > 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
