[Rarebooks] fs: Primitive Sun Dials (1917)

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Horne, Dom Ethelbert. PRIMITIVE SUN DIALS OR SCRATCH DIALS. Containing a 
List of those in Somerset.

Taunton; Barnicott & Pearce, The Wessex Press: 1917.

A study of what are called “scratch dials”, ancient Saxon and Medieval 
“dials” incised in the stonework of churches, but much simpler than “true” 
sundials. The author analyses these mysterious forms, quotes other authors 
at length, and describes many. His conclusion is that they were used by 
Parish priests for marking the time to say Mass, but feel free to read the 
book and disagree
 Hardcover. 5.5”x8.5”, 90 pages, 17 b/w plates, pictorial 
covers; covers soiled, with some fading; light internal soil; bookplate of 
the Burlington Fine Arts Club. [06066] $65.00



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