Darek, I think that the Latin is wrong. Maybe he would say something like
"Horae Benedicti" or "horae benedictinae", that is "the hour from St
Benedict". As Sara and Nicola and Fabio and other has written I think that
your friend meant the ancient canonical hours dressed on the seasonal hours
of Greco-Roman origin.
Nevertheless I want point your attention to not confuse the temporal o
seasonal hours with the canonical hours or with the benedictine hours.
First: the canonical hours were movable times for preyer and not fix as the
common temporal hours. I mean for example, Terce could be recited at a
different time from tird hour of the day. Second: we can write "benedictine
hours" only when they are really the canonical times recorded in the Rule of
St Benedict. As far as I know medieval sundials with real benedictine hour
are very few and I recorded in my book Tempus et Regula volume 1, part 5,
chap. 5.1.
There are many medieval sundial with indication of the moved time for
canonical hours but not all are dressed on the st. Benedict Rule. My opinion
is that if you are unsure, you should describe them as "canonical hours" and
not "Benedict's hours".
Mario
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To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 3:45 PM
Subject: R: Horas benedictinus
Hi Darek,
the Horas Benedictinus, are related to the the "canonical hours" used by
benedictine monks for the religious office in his churches: Hora Prima,
Hora
Secunda, Hora Tertia, Hora Sexta...
The ancient roman temporary hours was adapted by benetictine monks for his
prayers in the churches... stanting from Saint Benedetto in the VI th
century...
See also "Horae Canonicae" topics...
Greetings to all, Nicola
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Data: 10/04/2013 15.31
A: <[email protected]>
Ogg: Horas benedictinus
An archeologist discovered a very old sundial on a church in a small
village
in south of Poland. It is a scratch dial with no gnomon nor any hour
markings
except for a few lines and a hole in the middle. As good as I could I
tried to
describe this kind of dials giving other examples found in this area. He
seemed
to be satisfied however he asked if the dial could be related to HORAS
BENEDICTINUS. This terms is new to me. Could someone help me understand
this,
please? What does it refer to?
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Best regards
Darek Oczki
52N 21E
Warsaw, Poland
GNOMONIKA.pl
Sundials in Poland
http://gnomonika.pl
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