Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems (1902) (14744457061)

Identifier: sundialsrosesofy00earl (find matches)
Title: Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911
Subjects: Sundials Roses Rosicrucians
Publisher: New York London : Macmillan & co., ltd.
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries



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e second is in the churchyard at Elmley Castle;it is a cube with many hollowed-out dials, in some ofwhich the gnomons remain. The third, here shown,is erected on the base of an old cross; the founda-tion is of several courses of masonry rising nearlythree feet, and above them a stone so much likedial number two that antiquaries believe they origi-nally formed a single dial. Besides the singularscooped-out depressions, this has also a shield bear-ing the arms of Savage, borne by the lord of themanor, which was granted by Henry VIII. Thisancient block is surmounted by another, moremodern, bearing four vertical dials. The sixth class, horizontal attached dials, such asthose fastened on window-sills or the parapets ofbridges, are comparatively few in number and ofno great distinction. I have several, captured fromold window-ledges in New England. Detached dials are divided into four classes : — 1. Obelisk-shaped dials. 3. Facet-headed dials. 2. Lectern-shaped dials. 4. Horizontal dials.
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Antique Sun-dial in Churchyard, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England. Classification of Sun-dials 75 Naturally an exact line cannot be drawn betweenthese to separate wholly each class ; for a lectern-headed dial may have a pedestal somewhat obelisk-shaped, and the horizontal dial often runs into theother shapes ; but the classification is as explicit asis possible. The term obelisk-shaped is perhaps as good adescriptive word for the first class of dials as anysingle word could be; though the word obeliskconveys in general the thought of a plain shaft likethe Egyptian obelisks. Obelisk-shape in a sun-dial,however, indicates a square shaft, supporting a bulg-ing capital, and that surmounted by a taperingfinial. Let me illustrate by referring to page 6 asan example; this is the sun-dial at Kelburne House,Ayrshire, and has all three characteristics. Theshaft and the capital are divided into compartmentswhich are hollowed out with sinkings, which maybe triangular, star-shaped, club-shape