THEMES – Page 8 – ROLLING HARBOUR GALLERY

CLOCKS – THE PUBLIC FACE OF TIME

Published on December 5, 2011February 4, 2012 by Rolling HarbourLeave a comment

HAMPTON COURT PALACE – HENRY VIII’s WONDERFUL ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK

HAMPTON COURT PALACE – THE LESS ELABORATE CLOCK IN BASE COURT

TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

GREAT COURT CLOCK

The Trinity Clock has a Denison Double Three-legged Gravity Escapement and was installed in 1910.

This is the timepiece that governed my life for 3 formative years…

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Small image credit © Trinity College

TWO MODERN(-ISH) CHURCH CLOCKS IN DORSET

1. SHERBORNE ABBEY DORSET

2. LONGBURTON CHURCH DORSET – ST JAMES THE GREAT

ITALIAN CLOCKS

RIMINI – TORRE OROLOGICO, PIAZZA TRE MARTIRI

PRATO – CATTEDRALE DI SANTO STEFANO Sunlight clearly showing the change of numbering

PRATO CATHEDRAL – THE INTERIOR CLOCK IN A CORRESPONDING POSITION

PRATO – PALAZZO PRETORIO

PALAZZUOLO SUL SENIO, MUGELLO – CHIESA DI SANTO STEFANO Impossible to date this ancient-looking clock. The church has had several restorations, the latest after WWII

SANT’AGATA, MUGELLO

SCARPERIA, MUGELLO – PALAZZO DEI VICARI

This image: Tourist Info

BRISIGHELLA, EMILIA ROMAGNA – A REMARKABLE TOWER ON A PROMONTORY Taken in the days when a 2mb digital camera was quite something. But not enough for a good quality distance shot…

AMSTERDAM – OUDE KERK

CALENZANO ALTO’S ANALEMMATIC SUNDIAL, ITALY

Published on October 4, 2011October 4, 2011 by Rolling HarbourLeave a comment

This excellent analemmatic sundial is installed in the square at the very top of the small medieval town of Calenzano Alto, which perches on a hill above the major industrial sprawl and motorway network of the Arno plain between Prato and Florence.

The sundial takes up a substantial area of the large piazza, and consists of a central sun/moon stone mosaic with radiating ‘sight’ lines to small brass plates numbered from VI to XVIII (in fact number VI is missing, the rest are there). The gnomon is the person who stands at the centre of the sun. There are no buildings close enough to obstruct the sun’s light, so on a sunny or even a bright day, the time can be easily told at least approximately… were it not for the cars that are normally parked all over the square!