&ot Sundial Sightings

15 Jul 2006

Eglise, Villard St. Pancrace

This dial is on the main church in Villard St. Pancrace. On the dial one can see the date MVIIICXXI, 1821, which is a very strange way to write roman dates.

The dial shows hourlines and half hour lines (as arrows) from 8 am to 6 pm.

The dial has multiple motto’s. At the top it says in latin “vulnerant omnes, ultima necat morte tua”, “bless all, the last one kills you”. In the dial face one can see another motto, but it is fragmented to “hic umbra ....”

The dial is in Louis XV style. The stylus is set in a classic sun and moon.

It has been restored in 1984 by le Club du Vieux Manoir, but seems to be deteriorating since.



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