Dear Frank, thanks for you answer. Io not sayd that Lord Grimthorpe done or order to do this strange and not very nice sundial in the Rose Garden of Villa Cimbrone. We not know about the author of this dial. But the second horizontal iron sundial (not inclined) is a good sundial. It is not strange and is a nice dial.
It is probable that the first sundial was a mistake dial. But is for this reason that I am asking some suggestion from the people of this sundial list. The Sciatheric Table of Kircher have the hole in wich was the gnomons now destroyed. Its are real (and not mistake) very interesting sundials for many aspects. Kircher was put toghether several things from Astronomy, Mathematics, Astrology, Astroiatry, synthesizing all in this sundials. I am wonder to see that many people, also in this list, know very few about this incredible and great Kircher's project. Maybe it should be good to write a english description in a blog. The sundials was done from the pupils of Kircher at the Roman College in Rome 10 years before the book "Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae" (1646). Rohr haven't knowed this sundials and great Girolamo Fantoni was not believe to his eyes at first time (!) when I showed him the Kircher gnomonics Opera. For the "sundial" from Tarquinia, it is very clear that is not a real sundial. Is all wrong. But from the "gnomon" (only one launches) transpire that it was a time (maybe) a mechanical clock for the Italic hours with numeration from I to VI. The Best wishes Nicola > Dear Nicola, > > I think I have to agree with Chris Lusby Taylor's > analysis of the Villa Cimbrone dial: > > http://gnomonices.blogspot.com/ > > Lord Grimthorpe cannot have seen this sundial. > He always wanted the best (or his idea of the > best!) and I don't think he would have liked > this! It is not a serious sundial I think! > > Thank you also for this... > > > ... also in Italy we have a curious dials ;-) > > > > http://www.nicolaseverino.it/tavole_sciateriche_di_monteporzi.htm > > That is indeed an interesting quartet of instruments. > It is a pity the gnomons are missing and that we > don't have any shadows. [I prefer my sundials to > see the sun!!] > > If you want a REALLY curious OROLOGIO ITALIANO > then you should visit Tarquinia near Rome where > you will see this: > > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/fhk1/Tarquinia.jpg > > What is it? > > Is it a clock that is pretending to be a sundial? > > Someone paid for this. The tiles are quite > elegant and there must be a mechanism too. > Who would pay for something like this? > > I spoke to a young boy who was kicking a football > against this instrument. He said it was broken. > I wasn't surprised :-) > > Best wishes > > Frank > > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
