Hi all,
As far as I can tell, those stone circles that Azucena asked about do
not match any dial I've read about in the past, and I'm struggling to
see any relevant pattern. Does anyone see anything astronomical about them?
They all seem to be disks extending slightly in front of the walls, and
I notice that they seem to have slight grooves where they join the wall.
This makes me wonder if they are actually some kind of hooks for holding
loops of rope; perhaps to keep scaffolding in place during construction
of the building (pure speculation; I have no knowledge of medieval
architecture, and anyway, if that was the case then why wouldn't they be
encountered elsewhere on the building?).
Steve
On 2019-01-10 10:11 a.m., Azucena Hernandez wrote:
Dear all,
My apologies. The dropbox link I sent in my previous message seems not
to work.
I also apologize for those who dislike having to enter in a website to
have a look to some photographs which may interest them very little. I
do not know other alternative way to send 10 photographs to a huge
mailing list.
I copy my previous message again:
The reason of this message is to ask you about the four stone circles
attached to the upper part of the South wall of the South Transept of
the Salamanca Old Cathedral (12th century). Detailed photographs taken
from the roof of the cathedral are available in:
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/gh4z23vpm0lmfxr,86of1051tl9968q,i9870jqzdijcvcl,5oea9916tg6q5zv,nne0cyej0k5qq0l,yayoddwvjexgla3,44i1zzbdif6i2ne,4zczcfx97be25f4,shmellrfjt82sm4,q32d936j8up9rxf/shared
The stone circles seem to have been located there in purpose and
possible reasons like holding coat of arms or any other kind of
sculpture have been discharged for various reasons. This South wall is
only visible from the cloister. Our first idea was to be a kind of
sundial but completely different from the many medieval sundials
engraved in south walls of cathedrals or other buildings in Spain with
their well known layout of engraved hour lines.
Have you seen anything similar? Any idea from your side will be more
than welcomed.
Best regards and again my apologies,
Azucena
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