Steve, This dial shows Italian hours. The numbers should read 10....13....19 and then it is correct. The diagonal line across the dial is the equinox line. The 12 hourline, the equinox line and the horizon line intersect into one point which is correct.
Best wishes, Fer. Fer J. de Vries [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iae.nl/users/ferdv/ Eindhoven, Netherlands lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Lelievre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sundial mailing list <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 1:41 AM Subject: Sundial at Montegufoni, Tuscany > 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 > > > > >
