Inventory no. 53779 - Former Display Label
Italian VERTICAL DIAL
1590
Boxwood. Inscribed, "HOROLOGIUM VERTICALE AB ORTV AD O. CASVM SOLIS. AD LATITVDINEM GRADVM XLV. HIERONIMVS V{??}LPARIA FLORENTINVS FACIEBAT MDXC. ENGIRO TORTE SOL CICLOS ET ROTOR IGNE." The last sentence of this inscription is a palindrome.
The centre back face of the prism is inscribed, "NEQVIC {??}AM SOLIS CVRSVM SPECVLATVR ET HORAS QVISQVIS INVTILITER {??}MPVS ABIRE SINIT." On the other two back faces are verti. {??} declining dials, inscribed, "HORARIVM VERTICALE DECLIN. {??}TE A SETTENTRIONE A LEVANTE GRADI XXXXV", and "HORARIVM VERTICALE DECLINANTE A SETTENTRIONE VERSVS OCCIDENTE [M] GRADI XXXXV".
All the dials are marked for Italian hours.
The mahogany base, with inset compass, is a later replacement.
[I.115]
Lewis Evans Collection