. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Quiver-dial of Phaidros. dial of similar type is depicted here, the fine marbledial of Phaidros, which was brought from Athens byLord Elgin, and is now in the Inscription Room inthe British Museum. It bears a Greek inscriptionmeaning, Phaidros, son of Zoilos, a Paenian, madethis. Phaidros was an architect who lived in thesecond or third century Varied and curious in shape are the dials of Ori-ental lands. Sun-dials are placed on all the princi-pal mosques in C
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Quiver-dial of Phaidros. dial of similar type is depicted here, the fine marbledial of Phaidros, which was brought from Athens byLord Elgin, and is now in the Inscription Room inthe British Museum. It bears a Greek inscriptionmeaning, Phaidros, son of Zoilos, a Paenian, madethis. Phaidros was an architect who lived in thesecond or third century Varied and curious in shape are the dials of Ori-ental lands. Sun-dials are placed on all the princi-pal mosques in Constantinople. On many of them. 86 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday. Model of Reclining Dial, Jeypore. in addition to the lines necessary to indicate thecourse of the sun, there is a line drawn pointing toMecca, whither the faces of the faithful must beturned while praying. The superb dials of Delhi and Jeypore, con-structed in 1724 by Rajah Jey Singh, are beyonddescription. They were built of vast size, of solidmasonry and marble. The length of the hypothe-nuse of the gnomon was one hundred and eighteenfeet. Photographs of the models of the sun-dialsin the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensing-ton, have been taken specially for this book.
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