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17 Juin 2006
Maison Ferrus, Ste. Blaise
An interesting combined sundial on the corner of a house. As far as can be seen, it has the same design on both dials, except for the hour lines. The dials seem to be from 1870.
The eastern dial has half-hour and hourlines from 5 to 1 o’clock. There is also a line of equinoxes visible, as well as some design circles. The western dial has half-hour and hourlines from 10 to 7 o’clock. It also has a line of equinoxes and design circles.
The motto of the dial is no longer readible. The quality of the dial seems to be deteriorating. The styluses are no longer well oriented. The motto used to read ‘’ Tempori Servio. Sol me vos umbra regit’‘, which means “I am the server of time. For me it is the sun that reigns, for you it is the shadow”.
The dials have the style of Zarbula: a trompe l’oeil cadre, a curtain on the top with five knots, two flower pots. The stylus is set in a sun and above the the curtain there is a wooden stick or snakes. At the top one can see the coq as symbol for France.
Location: Maison Ferrus, Rue de Pierrefeu, Hautes-Alpes, France
| See on Map | Author | Longitude | Latitude |
| Giovanni Francesco Zarbula | 6.613204 | 44.876274 |