There is an unusual East Declining Vertical Dial on the side of the Cathedral (Catedral de Santa María de la Sede) in Seville (Sevilla) in Spain.
It has a gnomon which is 'folded' from the Noon line rather than being placed orthogonal to the dial plate along the sub-style line as is more usual,. This dial must decline by around 50 degrees to the East. As far as I know there is only one dial of similar construction here in the UK (it is SRN 1279 in Hertfordshire) - though there may be others - and as a consequence this form of construction has in Britain at least, been seen as a rather 'amateurish' form of design. However having found this dial in Seville the question arises: Is this form of gnomon construction more common than I thought? Are there more instances of this form of gnomon design elsewhere and have they been produced by what nowadays would be regarded as 'professional' designers? The Seville dial and the one known in the UK may be seen at http://tinyurl.com/4x24my Many thanks for any comments Patrick --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
