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Sundial: Dawn Time – also called “Babylonic”
Location: Museum of the Rural civilization of Imperial Friuli
(Sundials courtyard) -
Via Petrarca n° 1 - Aiello del Friuli
Dimensions: 200
x 240 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.
Motto:
“PRETIUM LABORUM NON VILE
“Recompense is not unsuitable for work”
Translation of the inscription in Arabic on the table:
“The sun rises
for everyone”
Author: Luigi
Alzetta – Grizzo di Montereale Valcellina (PN)
Year: 1998 |
