I think the b/w photo has to be reversed.
Here is the photo reversed in Photoshop -
http://www.rosscaldwell.com/images/astronomy/sgsundialrev.jpg
The inscription reads correctly from the inside now. Secondly, the colour photo
should have been taken from inside, since there is a major light source behind
it. Therefore the inscription should be read from the inside, just as the time
on the dial is. So the older photo has been accidentally reversed.
Ross
Ross & Aline's little (French) World
http://www.angelfire.com/space/france
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To: [email protected]
Subject: Nun Appleton Dial Mystery
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:00:16 -0700
Hi All (esp. John Davis, Mike Cowhan & David Brown):
I just noticed something odd about the very famous stained
glass sundial that is known as “The Nun Appleton Dial”.
I don’t know why I never saw this before. It slipped by right me.
Take a look at this graphic of two photographs:
http://www.advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass/sundials_files/Stained_Glass_Sundial_6.jpg
On the left is a close-up color photo of the dial.
This photo, as with most of our SGS photos, presumably shows the dial as it
would have looked from inside the building. The inscriptions and numerals
all look corrected and were made to be read from the inside of the building.
On the right is old black & white interior photo showing the dial as
it was mounted in the transom above the door. But look at the dial.
It is backwards!
Why is this?
I’m thinking that it was incorrectly mounted in the transom.
It was mounted in reverse. But it just might be possible that it was
mounted correctly and that the old black and white photo is reversed! I
copied that photo from a captured freeze frame still shot from an article by
Hans Behrendt called "Alte Englischen Fenstersonnenhren (II)" 1990.
Could it be possible that the printers that Hans used might have accidentally
reversed the photograph?
Which leads me to ask if any of you ever saw this dial in
its original location above the door at Nun Appleton Hall, York, England.
If we could only find another photograph or testimony from somebody who saw
it. It no longer is there and I don’t know when it was removed.
It now resides in lightbox for display at entrance to York Art Gallery.
Can anybody help me solve this mystery?
Thx
John
p.s.
Here is the information we have on this dial:
The Nun Appleton Dial
Maker: Henry Gyles
(1645-1709)
Date: 1670
Original Location: Nun Appleton Hall,
York, England.
Present Location: in lightbox for
display at entrance to York Art Gallery.
Orientation: south
Size: unknown (large)
Adornment: Cupid holds small sundial.
Small landscapes with The Four Seasons. House rebuilt by Sir William Milner
whose arms are on a corresponding pane of glass.
Mottos: Qui non est Hodie (Who is not
today). Lines from Ovid: Poma dat Autumnus, Formosa est messibus Aestas, Ver
praebet fores, Igne levatur hiems. (Autumn gives fruits, Summer fair with corn
appears, Spring bestows flowers, Winter fire cheers).
Condition: excellent
Comment: From a print by Titian. In
dark corner of gallery and back lit with unmoving electric light.
Article by Christopher Daniel (5 MB):
(Apr
1988) Stained Glass Sundials in England and Wales. "Clocks" 10, 30-37
Article by Christopher Daniel (2 MB):
(1987)
Shedding a Glorious Light. "Country Life" 181, 72-75
Original Photos: Here,
Here,
Here
Left Photo: shows dial mounted on
lightbox at the gallery.
Right Photo: shows dial above
entrance door at its original location. This poor quality photo and some of
this information are copied from an article by Hans Behrendt called "Alte
Englischen Fenstersonnenhren (II)" 1990.
Drawing by Gatty, "The Book of
Sun-Dials": Here
Website: York Art Gallery
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