. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Saxon Dial on Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Northampton. Saxon dials which were cut only breast high orwhere the central hole could not have held a gnomon,or where the rays are irregular, must be regardedwith suspicion. I may define a squint for two rea-sons : first, for the information of American readersto whom the term is generally unfamiliar ; and sec-ond, because they have so often been carefully Classification of Sun-dials 83 pointed out to travellers in Engl
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Saxon Dial on Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Northampton. Saxon dials which were cut only breast high orwhere the central hole could not have held a gnomon,or where the rays are irregular, must be regardedwith suspicion. I may define a squint for two rea-sons : first, for the information of American readersto whom the term is generally unfamiliar ; and sec-ond, because they have so often been carefully Classification of Sun-dials 83 pointed out to travellers in England as squint is an oblique opening through the wallof an old church, cut in such a manner and for theexpress purpose of permitting a person in a transept. Model of Proclining Dial. Jeypore. or side aisle to see the high altar at the time of theelevation of the host. The ordinary position of asquint is on either side of the chancel arch ; butwherever they are, they always open to give a viewof the altar. They are in general about three feethigh and two feet wide^ but at Minster Lovell, 84 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday Oxfordshire, they form narrow arches twelve feet inheight. The word hagioscope has also been giventhem, also squincb — which is incorrect. Vitruvius Pollio Marcus, a famous Roman archi-tect and engineer under Caesar and Augustus, wrotea treatise on architecture,—the only surviving Romantreatise on the subject. In it he names with verymeagre and sapless description thirteen differentkinds of sun-dials and gives the names of theirinventors. During the careful archaeological excava-tions of the past century many of these types havebeen found. I shall not attempt to explain ordescribe the thirteen types nor give illustra
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