RE: M. C. Escher sundial drawing

Sat, 30 Apr 2005 08:34:47 -0400 (EDT)

My thanks for the Latin translations.
 
Bill Thayer:
Each particular one is plain and clear -- but the last one is quite unknown.
 
Willy Leenders:
All is clear, the extreme stays hidden.
 
I think I'll go with this. It scans nicely:
 
While each is clear, the last is hidden.
 
Thanks also to Rudolf Hooijenga who did the elegant translation of the Dutch poetry.
 
Bob

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Terwilliger
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Subject: M. C. Escher sundial drawing

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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