Hello Willy I read somewhere that sometimes latin figures on sundials have been written in reverse only for have a good symmetry in the drawing. François
----- Message d'origine ----- De : "Willy Leenders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> À : "Sundial List" <[email protected]> Envoyé : mardi 22 octobre 2002 18:58 Objet : hour numbers written in reverse > 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 > > > - -
