Re: Stained Glass Sundials

[John Carmichael]

To: Pippin Michelli, Ph.D
Art History with Michelli
http://www.ariadne.org/studio/michelli
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

Hello Dr. Michelli:

 

I'm so glad you appreciate the work we are doing to promote the construction of more rare Stained Glass Sundials and that you are going to include them in your historical website.  Your comments only confirm to me that these rare sundial windows are unknown (until now) in the glass community.

 

Just last week, I just came across the oldest known stained glass sundial out of the 51 we've discovered so far and it's in the United States!  It's German and dates to 1529, maker unknown. It's in near perfect condition too! This makes it a very important sundial.  (Apparently the oldest SGS are German.) A fellow dialist copied this photo from the following book and sent it to me:

 

The Universe Unveiled
Subtitle: Instruments and Images through History
Authors: Bruce Stephenson, Marvin Bolt, Anna Felicity Friedman
Publishers (it seems to list both):
Cambridge University Press
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum
Year: 2000

 

I've contacted Alder Planetarium and they've given us special permission to include a photograph of it and will be sending me a high resolution photo soon, hopefully with more information about this historic dial.  I'll let you know when it gets posted.

 

Thanks for writing,

 

John

 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Pippin Michelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "John Carmichael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 9:19 AM

Subject: Re: Stained Glass Sundials

> Dear John Carmichael
>
> Thank you for your kind comment on my site (which is well overdue for
> major refurbishment, although still functional).
>
> I was very pleased to learn of your own site on historic stained glass
> sundials.  This really adds to the information in my stained glass
> section and I am delighted to include it.  I've added it to the
> Renaissance and Baroque section, since your two earliest examples fit
> best there and I like to show the developments in chronological order.
>
> I greatly enjoyed visiting your site, which is a very attractive one, so
> let me return the compliment!
>
> By the way, how does this project connect with Advance Associates?  I
> ask because so often good sites disappear when the umbrella site gets a
> corporate overhaul.  If you should find yourself without space for it in
> the future, do contact me.  I'd be glad to share some space with you and
> would like to see this one survive.
>
> Best of luck with the project.
>
> Pippin Michelli
>
> John Carmichael wrote:
> > Hello Dr. Michelli:
> > 
> > I came across your beautiful website from The Artists in Stained
> > Glass website.
> > 
> > I thought you might be interested in seeing something quite
> > different has been done in stained glass.  As an art historian, are you
> > aware of Stained Glass Sundials? This is a pet project of mine that
> > we've been working on for months.  Members of the sundialing community
> > and I are trying to get more rare stained glass sundials built by
> > informing both the glass and the sundial communities of the
> > possibilities, and putting both groups in contact with each other.
> > 
> > Have a look at our new educational, non-profit website: Stained Glass
> > Sundials >From Around The World:
> > http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass
> > 
> > Hope you like it and get inspired! Do you think your readers would like
> > a link to this site from your site.  If you have any questions about
> > Stained Glass Sundials please let me know me.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > John L. Carmichael Jr.
> > 925 E. Foothills Dr.
> > Tucson Arizona, USA
> > Tel: 520-696-1709
> > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sundial Sculptures Website: http://www.sundialsculptures.com
> > Stained Glass Sundials Website:
> > http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass
>
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> Pippin Michelli, Ph.D
> Art History with Michelli
> http://www.ariadne.org/studio/michelli
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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