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 205
ere we have found a dialblock of the elaborate seventeenth-century type seen in Fnglandand Scotland. This fine specimen is at Buen Retiro, Churriana, nearMalaga, and is of white marble and lectern-shaped. There are 150dial faces upon it. On the upper face is a star, and below it are theroyal arms… … FROM THE CHATEAUTOURNOUELLES. FOREIGN DIALS 173 On the lower part of the block there is another star, a cross, and planedials are at different angles. The step on which the dial block rests isformed of thin flat bricks, the pavement being black and white. Itstands beside a stone tank, on a terrace…
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