My opinion at the first sight. This is one of the many stupid sundials made by some unknoledged artisan in Italy. It looks old but to me it looks an imitation of an old period. I think, do not maze too much on this dial.
Mario ----- Original Message ----- From: Roger Bailey To: Bill Gottesman ; Sundials List Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 5:29 AM Subject: Re: What is the deal with this dial? Hi Bill and all, Could it be an am pm thing. I see the numerals after noon as AI and AII. A P for post would be more appropriate. In Latin A=ante =before but perhaps now A=after as in afternoon in globalspeak. Perhaps we need a Lingua Franca like Latin or Esperanto or English. Regards, Roger From: Bill Gottesman Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 7:16 PM To: Sundials List Subject: What is the deal with this dial? Hello All, A friend returned from Italy with this photo (94kb) of a vertical dial. Some of the numbers are hard to read, but near noon they seem to run X, XI, XII, V, IV, III. Can someone explain this to me? I do not know wall declination or the angle of the gnomon. -Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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