I don't have any special knowledge of the Italian language, but as my mother language, Portuguese, has some likeliness to it and I know a little Latin, here I offfer my tentative translation:
Horizontal sundial with a polar triangular style, made by the students of the Scuola Media Galilei di Grammichele. The dial stands on a marble column and the zodiacal signs (in number of 13 because they wanted to insert the Ophiucus, a constellation also touched by the Sun in its apparent path around the Earth) are of ceramic, designed and constructed by these students guided by the teachers Ignazio and Franco Grosso. The quadrant bears the motto: Formano le ore non il tempo (They shape the hour, not the time.) *Orologio solare orizzontale con stilo polare a vela costruito dagli alunni della Scuola Media Galilei di Grammichele. L'orologio è inciso su lastra di marmo e i segni zodiacali (in numero di 13 perchè hanno voluto inserire l'Ofiuco, costellazione anche essa toccata dal Sole nel suo percorso apparente attorno alla Terra) sono in ceramica, disegnati e costruiti dagli stessi alunni sotto la guida dei loro insegnanti prof. Ignazio e Franco Grosso. Il quadrante riporta il motto: Formano le ore non il tempo.* 2011/3/21 Willy Leenders <[email protected]> > Another deficiency that marred the 'Book of Tme Sundial' in the sundial > park of Genk is that one half of the datelines are usable only in the > morning, the other half only in the afternoon. > > Willy Leenders > Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) > > Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) > with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): > http://www.wijzerweb.be > > > > > > > > Op 20-mrt-2011, om 18:44 heeft Willy Leenders het volgende geschreven: > > You are right, Marcelo. > > Even Ophiuchus (serpent bearer), a name that you cannot find in the zodiac, > is depicted. > For me, regularly guiding in the sundial park where the sundial is located, > this is an additional difficulty. > Explain simply all of a sundial to laymen if not easy. > This unusual design makes it - unnecessary - more difficult. > > I think the designer is another example of 'know-alls' who consider the > zodiac as a part of astrology which they detest. > While lines for the first day of each zodiacal month are datelines based > on astronomy. > > Willy Leenders > Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) > > Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) > with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): > http://www.wijzerweb.be > > > > Op 20-mrt-2011, om 17:36 heeft Marcelo het volgende geschreven: > > Methinks that sundial depicts the constellations, and not the signs, as the > lines of solstices are markd by Scorpio/Sagitarius and Taurus/Gemini. It's > not common to see sundials constellation-oriented, with precession of > equinoxes taken in account. > > 2011/3/20 R Wall <[email protected]> > >> HI all, >> >> I found this lovely “Book of Time sundial”: >> >> http://www.fransmaes.nl/genk/en/gk-x12-e.htm >> >> I’ve also found a stone book accessory from a monumental supplier here in >> Australia. This looks as if it should be suitable for a book sundial. But as >> the sundial will be out in the weather, and I want the sundial to last. >> What stone should the book be made from? Also any ideas on how the >> inscription should be done for it to last? >> >> Regards, >> >> Roderick Wall. >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >> >> >> > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > >
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