The book of sun-dials; originally compiled by the late Mrs. Alfred Gatty; now enl. and re-edited by H. K. F. Eden and Eleanor Lloyd (1900)
Gatty, Alfred, Mrs., 1809-1873, Eden, Horatia K. F. Gatty, Lloyd, Eleanor, Evans, Lewis · London, G. Bell · leaf 112
semicircle, or rather horseshoe (for the height is 15 inches, andthe width at the top 21), rests on a shaft 5 inches thick, 11 incheswide at the top, and 10 inches at the base. This shaft is ornamentedwith a Greek fret, but the bottom ornament, as shown in a sketch inThe Journal of the Irish… … Kn.MALKEDAR. circles, touching- the outer rim of the dial. The reverse of the dial isornamented by the interlacing of four parts of circles, indicating aflower-like cross, but if we look at the spaces between the segments weget a cross of eight points of the form recognized by Irish antiquaries…
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