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 61
n-dial at Athens at the foot oi thewall of Cimon, to the right of the Choragic monument of Thrasyllus,and near the theatre of Dionysios. Le Roy introduces it into hisengraving of the monument, and places it on the point of a rock,where it was noticed by Stuart, and also, in 1801, by Dr. Clarke.… … GR.ECO-KOMAN DIAL. VATICAN. finished about B.C. 337, and was afterwards repaired and embellishedby the Emperor Hadrian. It is most likely that the dial would belongto the latter period. A somewhat different form of hemispherical dial may be seen in themuseum of the Vatican. This variety is more…
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