A rare mid 18th-Century lead sundial plate
A rare mid 18th-Century lead sundial plate, signed in a date puzzle HOC HORIZONTALE EX SCVLPLSIT ER ER[..]XIT ERLIGIOSVS FR: RAPHEL PLAN[..]C[..]M[] CONVENTVALIS [..]XV[] , indicating 1760, the plate with terminated corners, curved hour scale and zodiac scales up the sides, lines radiating from the top centre marked with various locations around the globe, a cartouche at the bottom bearing the date puzzle and entitled Soli Deo Gloria with symbols and names for the houses of the Zodiac, a hole for the gnomon and four further holes, possibly for mounting an armillary sundial above -- 47.4 x 39.1cm. (18 5/8 x 15 3/8in.)
A rare mid 18th-Century lead sundial plate
A rare mid 18th-Century lead sundial plate, signed in a date puzzle HOC HORIZONTALE EX SCVLPLSIT ER ER[..]XIT ERLIGIOSVS FR: RAPHEL PLAN[..]C[..]M[] CONVENTVALIS [..]XV[] , indicating 1760, the plate with terminated corners, curved hour scale and zodiac scales up the sides, lines radiating from the top centre marked with various locations around the globe, a cartouche at the bottom bearing the date puzzle and entitled Soli Deo Gloria with symbols and names for the houses of the Zodiac, a hole for the gnomon and four further holes, possibly for mounting an armillary sundial above -- 47.4 x 39.1cm. (18 5/8 x 15 3/8in.)
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