How about this:
There was some interest in the use of IIII instead of IV on sundials some time ago. This seems to be of interest to clock enthusiasts as well. Here is another such question about numerals: A friend showed me that in his home town in northern France they have a clock whose numerals use a Gothic symbol for the V and X. When he asked some residents about it most said they had not noticed. (see attached picture) He asked me if there were such use of Gothic numerals in old sundials. Like older clocks, I would guess so. I only found one (also noted in a Google search), the on featured on the home page of De Zonnewijzerkring, the oldest dated public sundial in The Netherlands, on Jacobi Church in Utrecht. Perhaps some may be interested in listing here other examples. Claude Hartman 35N 120W Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:gothic clock face.jpg (JPEG/«IC») (00101B6B)
