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 118
was evidentlyinclined to the latitude of the place, ^o^ degrees. Dr. Dixon considered that the dial might be assigned to about themiddle of the fourteenth century, when the learning of the Arabs hadfound its way into many parts of Europe. The little Dover dialprobably came from France; here we find… … IVYCHURCH PRIORY liIAI,,WEST K.VCE. 90 SUi\-DIALS These little cubes are probably our earliest English examples ofdetached dials, that is, dials which stand alone, unattached to walls orbuildings. They also show the return to the earliest antique type,where the shadow is cast in hollow places…
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