A sundial on a gravestone in Kilbirnie Auld Kirk, Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland. The motto at top reads, "Life is but a passing shadow, the shadow of a bird on the wing."
Many sundials bear a motto[a] to reflect the sentiments of its maker or owner.
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heitren Stunden nur! (Do like a sundial; count only the sunny hours!) Notes The plural ofmotto may be either mottoes or mottos. Footnotes From Robert Browning's...
A sundial is a horological device that tells the time of day (referred to as civil time in modern usage) when direct sunlight shines by the apparent position...
A sundial is a device that indicates time by using a light spot or shadow cast by the position of the Sun on a reference scale. As the Earth turns on...
statue of Atalanta, the group of four urns around the sundial, as well as the sundial, all are listed Grade II. In the formal gardens, the four urns in the...
terrace wall with wrought iron gates. A large stone sundial, with a spreading base, is set in the centre of the quadrangle. In their original form, each house...
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altered of the Mamhead House lodges". Other features within the estate which are listed include: a sundial in the formal garden to the south of the house;...
from 1678 and is credited to Robert Wynn, son of Hugh Wynn, the original Wynn owner. The centerpiece sundial bears the date 1678. Robert laid the principal...
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