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 264
ssun-dial, one ofprofound his-toric associationand of exquisite fitness for the purpose, might bemade by adopting the design of the Aztec calendar-stone dug up in the city of Mexico a hundred yearsago, and so eloquently described and explained byGama, see page 193. This great sun stone is aboutnine… … Aztec Calendar. 1^1 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday need not be copied; but the suggestive outlinesand general shape could be followed, and with won-derful effect. As every line of this Mexican dialhad a sun-meaning, its appropriateness would equalits elegance. The Peruvians had similar…
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