SPECIALIST DIALS

This selection will feature less common and / or more ambitious dials on subpages – see the drop-down menus under this heading. These will include multiple, analemmatic, armillary spheres and so on as I come across them in my archive or in real life. It will take a while to put together, I expect. Meanwhile, this to be going on with…

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THE KIRKDALE DIAL

The wonderful Saxon dial at Kirkdale mid-C11. An excellent Wiki article can be found HERE. It explains the dial very well, giving a detailed interpretation of the inscription.Highly recommended, and a very good example of the best of Wiki – a careful but straightforward article written with authority for general rather than specialist interests.

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ZUAVA SUNDIAL KNIFE, SCARPERIA, MUGELLO

Scarperia is a smallish town famed for 2 things: its proximity to the Mugello motor-racing circuit; and high-quality knives and bladed implements of all descriptions. ‘This is a rare fully functional sundial that can also peel an apple…’ (Maker’s Catalogue)