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Stefano Mirtis
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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with
Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of
truth.
~ Francois Rabelais
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Stefanos Blueberries Analemmatic Sundial 038/388
1700, Rome
Francesco Bianchini, G. F. Maraldi, G.
D. Cassini, Analemmatic Sundial
-on commission by the Pope Clement XI; in:
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Basilica di Santa Maria
degli Angeli e dei Martiri-
Analemmatic sundials exploit the fact that the sun
travels in a predictable pattern over the course of
a year called the analemma and trace the
projection of an object's shadow to measure time,
not only the hours, as in normal sundials, but also
weeks and months.
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Stefanos Blueberries Analemmatic Sundial 038/388
1700, Rome
Francesco Bianchini, G. F. Maraldi, G.
D. Cassini, Analemmatic Sundial
-on commission by the Pope Clement XI; in:Michelangelo Buonarroti, Basilica di Santa Maria
degli Angeli e dei Martiri-
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rome-Italy/115353315143936?ref=stream5/24/2018 Analemmatic Sundial
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Stefanos Blueberries Analemmatic Sundial 038/388
1700, Rome
Francesco Bianchini, G. F. Maraldi, G.
D. Cassini, Analemmatic Sundial
-on commission by the Pope Clement XI; in:
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Basilica di Santa Mariadegli Angeli e dei Martiri-
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rome-Italy/115353315143936?ref=stream5/24/2018 Analemmatic Sundial
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Stefanos Blueberries Analemmatic Sundial 038/388
1700, Rome
Francesco Bianchini, G. F. Maraldi, G.
D. Cassini, Analemmatic Sundial
-on commission by the Pope Clement XI; in:
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Basilica di Santa Maria
degli Angeli e dei Martiri-
Francesco Bianchini, Diagram of
Sundial in Santa Maria degli Angeli
Rome
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Stefanos Blueberries Analemmatic Sundial 038/388
-in: De nummo, 1703-
If you like this special sundial, another great onecan be found in Bologna, at San Petronio (designed
by G. D. Cassini).