Hi Roger and all, Recently, I found someone who translated Kairrouan dial inscriptions, I added on my page (sorry only in French) http://pagesperso-orange.fr/cadrans.solaires/cadrans/Kairouan.html
The inscriptions mean for example "1 hour before sunset, 2 hours ..." for 23 or 22 Italic hours The greatest numbers are 8 or 9, so we don't know if the period is divided in 24 hours or in 2 periods of 12 hours In Topkapi palace, the greatest one is 11, which is not better. Best regards Joël 48°01'25'' N, 1°45'40" O ---> http://www.cadrans-solaires.fr/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Roger Bailey To: Sundial Mailing List (E-mail) Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:49 AM Subject: Ezanic Hours What are "ezanic hours"? They seem to be Italian hours with sunset the start and end of the day but with two 12 equal hour cycles during day. Is this a known and useful term? Google gives me only one useful hit, the excellent article on Ottoman sundials by Atillar Bir that got me interested. See http://muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?ArticleID=942 . I had seen his original paper in Turkish on Joel Robic's site and was pleased to find this translation of the key sections. See www.akat.org/ast_tarihinden/osmanli_zamani/gunes_saati/ Atillar Bir defines the Islamic day starting and ending at sunset and the interval to the next sunset being two 12 hour periods, ie ezeanic hours. These are the hours shown on Ottoman sundials like the one he describes at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. Are ezanic hours a known and accepted time system? Regards, Roger Bailey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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