Here is a quotation from the Rule of St Benedict.
"CHAPTER XVI, How the Work of God Is to Be Performed during the Day
As the Prophet saith: "Seven times a day I have given praise to Thee"
(Psalms 119:164), this sacred sevenfold number will be fulfilled by us in
this wise if we perform the duties of our service at the time of Lauds,
Prime, Tierce, Sext, None, Vespers, and Complin;"
These times were based on the position of the sun and shadow lengths: dawn,
sunrise, mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset and nightfall. Moslem
prayer times used the same time system but generally dropped the sunrise and
mid-morning prayers.
Regards, Roger Bailey
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From: "Darek Oczki" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 6:31 AM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: 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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