Dear Patrick, Your short message is a mine of information...
> > I am fairly sure they (the dials on St Margaret > > of Antioch's Ch) ARE enamel! You are quite right to refer to this place as "the Church of S. Margaret of Antioch" and, likewise, I should have referred to "the Collegiate Church of S. Peter in Westminster" rather than the vernacular Westminster Abbey! I must try harder! As far as I know, the latter has no dials (though I put one in the street close to its Chapter House) whereas the former has four. Even more interestingly you say: > Yes, they are enamel.... > They are huge too - 8ft 6ins in diameter. This measurement raises further questions. John Carmichael explained that the biggest oven that his suppliers use will accommodate a maximum size dial of 46" square. The Margaret of Antioch dials are over twice that size. I wonder whether Brookbrae could still do a job that big. If so, they may have a customer! Frank --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
