One of the most ancient sundials of my region is from 1744. It is a
horizontal garden dial situated in a convent garden.

The pole style is made of copper, the base is a piece of slate.

A peculiarity of this sundial: the  a m hour numbers have been written
in reverse (or in mirror image)

( 6  7  8  9  10  11  are written as   IV   IIV   IIIV   XI   X   IX)

Does somebody know what can be the cause of this anomaly?

You can see a picture of this sundial on
http://www.biol.rug.nl/maes/zonnewijzers/welcome-e.htm
-> horizontal -> Convent garden Maaseik -> click the thumbnail picture

Willy Leenders
Hasselt, Flanders in Belgium


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