Frank King wrote:
Incidentally, I am amazed that there are as few as 16 dials
recorded with appreciable cant.
Hi Frank,
We actually know (currently) of 326 canted dials. The number 16
referred to the number of dials designed as declining dials but which
are also canted.
Is the dial on the south wall of the Church of S. Mary's
Penzance in the Register?
Yes, it is SRN 0122 on the Register and is indeed one of the 16. It is
recorded as being canted 12 degrees W. The description does say that it
is very weathered. "Motto reads: "Quis Solem Dicere Falsum Audeat".
[Who dares to say the Sun Speaks false], and "Tempus Edax Rerum". Break
arch design with mottoes in arch showing 7am to 6pm in quarter hours.
Semicircle at root. Uses the numerals XII and IV."
We don't have a photograph of it in our archive and none of our
recorders has seen it since 1987 so any further information would be
very welcome.
Patrick
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Frank King wrote:
Incidentally, I am amazed that there are as few as 16 dials
recorded with appreciable cant.
Hi Frank,
We actually know (currently) of 326 canted dials. The number 16
referred to the number of dials designed as declining dials but which
are also canted.
Is the dial on the south wall of the Church of S. Mary's
Penzance in the Register?
Yes, it is SRN 0122 on the Register and is indeed one of the 16. It is recorded as being canted 12 degrees W.
The description does say that it is very weathered. "Motto reads: "Quis Solem Dicere Falsum
Audeat". [Who dares to say the Sun Speaks false], and "Tempus Edax Rerum". Break arch design
with mottoes in arch showing 7am to 6pm in quarter hours. Semicircle at root. Uses the numerals XII and
IV."
We don't have a photograph of it in our archive and none of our
recorders has seen it since 1987 so any further information would be
very welcome.
Patrick
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