Harold Brandmaier wrote: > > 9-06-96 > > Dear List, > > I am familiar with temporal hours for which the period of time between sunrise > and sunset is divided into 12 hours. I have recently come across octaval > hours > for which the period of time between sunrise and sunset is divided into 8 > hours. > Based on Green's 1926 book "Sundials, Incised Dials or Mass-Clocks", this > system > preceded the temporal system at least in England during Saxon times and in > Ireland. > > Does anyone know of other information on octaval hours? > > Thank you, > > Harold Brandmaier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think these are the so called mass dials on which the scale often is devided in 8 canonical hours. An important dial of this kind is on the church at Kirkdale in England.( about 1050) Fer J. de Vries.
