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 426
— butI wonder where and towhat use it was put in thecathedral. Edward IV placed thewhite Rose en soleil tocommemorate his victoryat the battle of Morti-mers Cross, where thesun appeared to him like three suns and sud-denly joyned altogetherinto one, — a singular meteorological phenome-non which is… … Rose en Soleil; emblem ofEdward IV of England. 324 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday ** Three suns were seen that instant to appearWhich soon againe shut up themselves in one.So that thereby encouraging his menOnce more he sets the white Rose up again. The Rose en soleil appears on the Irish groats…
Sundials · Roses · Rosicrucians
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