Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems (1902)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York; London : Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 137
ilar type is depicted here, the fine marbledial of Phaidros, which was brought from Athens byLord Elgin, and is now in the Inscription Room inthe British Museum. It bears a Greek inscriptionmeaning, Phaidros, son of Zoilos, a Paenian, madethis. Phaidros was an architect who lived in thesecond or… … Model of Reclining Dial, Jeypore. in addition to the lines necessary to indicate thecourse of the sun, there is a line drawn pointing toMecca, whither the faces of the faithful must beturned while praying. The superb dials of Delhi and Jeypore, con-structed in 1724 by Rajah Jey Singh, are…
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