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Description: | Humfrae. Colle. 1582
Horizontal pedestal dial for latitude 52� North. The square base has a screw hole at each corner for the attachment of the dial to a base. The hour circle is numbered clockwise IIII-XI, [XII], I-VIII, divided to 30 minutes. The shadow is cast by a triangular brass gnomon with a shaped vertical edge. It is signed, ?Humfrae. Colle. 1582?, in the hour-circle.
Humphrey Cole was the finest of the Elizabethan instrument makers. This dial shows the simplicity of style often favoured by early English makers and contrasts strikingly with the ornate quality of the Cole compendium in the Museum?s collection, see AST0172.
For more information regarding this dial please refer to the OUP & NMM catalogue, 'Sundials at Greenwich'.
Inscription engraved in the hour circle.
caption: Horizontal pedestal dial
caption: Horizontal dial shot in sunlight to show shadow, by Humphrey Cole in bronze | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Gabb Collection Directional dial James Humphrey Caird Cole Horizontal dial Sundials at Greenwich pillar dials horizontal dials | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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