. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . iginal shapeand decoration, except in one or two cases. Those who wish to learn of the antique dials ofGreece and Rome and of other rare forms of Englishand Continental dials should read Mrs. GattysBook of Sun-dials^ or its enlargment by Mrs. Eden. How I love those large still books, said Tenny-son of one of Richardsons novels. Such a book isMrs. Gattys Book of Sun-dials. Like the sun-dialitself it seems associated with refined and serenethings: the ivy-grown wall
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . iginal shapeand decoration, except in one or two cases. Those who wish to learn of the antique dials ofGreece and Rome and of other rare forms of Englishand Continental dials should read Mrs. GattysBook of Sun-dials^ or its enlargment by Mrs. Eden. How I love those large still books, said Tenny-son of one of Richardsons novels. Such a book isMrs. Gattys Book of Sun-dials. Like the sun-dialitself it seems associated with refined and serenethings: the ivy-grown wall of the village church,the solemn graveyard, the ancient market square,the Rose walk, and Yew hedge, all of a day removedfrom present bustle and rush. Classification of Sun-dials 8s The most celebrated antique dials are those onthe Tower of the Winds, referred to in the preced-ing chapter. It is impossible to give a date to thesedials, but archaeologists suggest that they are what arecalled quiver-dials by Vitruvius, wherein the lines,diverging from a common centre, resemble some-what a sheaf of arrows tossed from a quiver. A. 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
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