Sundial: “Ora Temporaria” (called “ancient”) vertical quadrant

Location: Museum of the Rural civilization of Imperial Friuli

              (Sundials courtyard) - Via Petrarca n° 1 - Aiello del Friuli

Dimensions: 200 x 140 cm

Gnomon: Normal – The rod, technically called “gnomon” is perpendicular to

               the wall and the tip of its shadow determines the reading of the

               hours and of the period of the year during which the reading is

               carried out.

Mottoes:

• ”BEATI AGRICOLAE SUA SI BONA NORINT”-(Virgilio,Le Georgiche “Blessed be the farmers if they know what good things are”

•  “XPHÍZWN PLOÝTOU MELÉTHN ’ÉCE PÍONOS ‘AGROÝ” (Focilide ”If you’re looking for riches, mind the fertile field”.

Author: Leonardo Comini from Artegna (UD)

Year: 2001

Zone 3 Sundial N° 10