My translation of   PATET QUA(E)LIBET ULTIMA LATET:
ALL IS CLEAR, THE EXTREME STAYS HIDDEN

Willy Leenders
Hasselt, Flanders in Belgium

Robert Terwilliger wrote:

 I came across a drawing of a sundial by M. C. Escher. It's rather tame compared to his better-known illustrations. It includes an epigram in Dutch which has been nicely translated by Fer deVries and a colleague - as a poem. The illustration also includes text in Latin(?): PATET QUAELIBET ULTIMA LATET. Can any of our Latin scholars help? Look under New Links: http://sundials.org/links/ ... while you're there take a look at "The sundial" at Wentworth castle. I've never seen one quite like this. Bob

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