. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . picsand the equinoctial. On this page is given Captain Baileys fine dial,which tells the seasons. This dial exhibits beauti-fully, not only the comparative obliquity and direct-ness of the suns light,which is the primarycause of the seasons, butit also shows the rapidityof what in nautical termsis called the suns decli-nation and entry into thesigns of the zodiac. Asthe sun gets higher, thedials shadow goes down ;then it crawls from Can-cer up through Leo andVirgo
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . picsand the equinoctial. On this page is given Captain Baileys fine dial,which tells the seasons. This dial exhibits beauti-fully, not only the comparative obliquity and direct-ness of the suns light,which is the primarycause of the seasons, butit also shows the rapidityof what in nautical termsis called the suns decli-nation and entry into thesigns of the zodiac. Asthe sun gets higher, thedials shadow goes down ;then it crawls from Can-cer up through Leo andVirgo to Libra, and so signs of the zodiacare shown in bronze onthe pedestal of Mr. Reidsdial. Being an absolutesymbol of the progress oftime, they are a naturaland beautiful emblem forthe decoration of pedestal as well as dial-face, andhave appeared on many. Save in the simplest sym-bol they cannot become a common decoration, asthey would be too costly a one, whether cast in metalor carved in wood or stone. There is a wide rangeof decorative forms to choose from, and many ofthem quaint indeed. They ever have had a fascina-. Captain Baileys Seasons-dial. Symbolic Designs for Sun-dials 189 tion for me since my childhood, when I gazed withbewildered curiosity upon their representation in oldalmanacs. From almanacs more ancient than thoseof my youthful days, many hints may be obtainedfor sun-dial designs. We can scarcely go back toBabylon where, 2000 , the zodiac was formed ;but one of the oldest drawings of the zodiac is in anastronomical manuscript of the fourteenth century,in the Chetham Library. Each month has a picturemedallion as a device, and each line of the followingverses is explanatory of the device of month : — ** Over yis fire I warme myn yis spade I delve myn knitte I my vynes in merie I hear yese foulis am as joly as bird on wede I corn, clene I yis sythe my medis I repe I myn corn so lo
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