. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Dial with Dipleidoscope, Neaum Grag, Ambleside, England. of stained glass are set in our churches — I mean amemorial window-dial of stained glass. Window-dials are described in Chapter II. A suggestiveand beautiful design would be of some figure, anangel or some Biblical character, holding a pointer 292 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday to the hours. Dante s Amor, P^g^ 16, the angel onthe Chartres Cathedral, page 18, and the angel withdial upon the Genoa Cathedral,
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Dial with Dipleidoscope, Neaum Grag, Ambleside, England. of stained glass are set in our churches — I mean amemorial window-dial of stained glass. Window-dials are described in Chapter II. A suggestiveand beautiful design would be of some figure, anangel or some Biblical character, holding a pointer 292 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday to the hours. Dante s Amor, P^g^ 16, the angel onthe Chartres Cathedral, page 18, and the angel withdial upon the Genoa Cathedral, facing page 14, wouldall be exquisite designs for window-dials. Of course. ..^^^d\L^M!d^.^<i^I Sun-dial at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. such a dial would be read from the inside of thebuilding, and thus the hours would be numbered,as on a clock, from right to left. This idea neednot be confined to memorial church windows ;but might with a more secular design be a great The Sun-dial as a Memorial 293 beauty in the hall ofa country house or insome public dial, to be seenin perfection, should beset in a wall facing duesouth, though otherpositions will answer. A curious and inter-esting memorial may beseen erected on a but-tress of Ascot Church,to two members of theGuinness family. Itconsists of a sun-dialand a lamp, and is in-tended to indicate thethree kinds of light,namely: first, the natu-ral light on the dial; second, the artificial light ofthe lamp ; third, the supernatural light indicated inthe inscription, which is — THOU ART MY LAMP, O LORD. THE LORD SHALL LIGHTEN MY DARKNESS. The dial bears the motto : —
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