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Sundial
Inscriptionstout en haut : Meridiens ou degrez / de longitude; dans le double encadré : Hîc momenta, dies, horoe scribuntur & orbis. /Hîc finem poterit quisque videre suum. / Sed punctum mortis necismus quando futurum. / Jdcirco dominus nos vigilare jubet.
Date
1666-1700
Medium / Technique
Stone: slate; metal: brass
Cut and engraved
Cut and engraved
DimensionsHeight: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
Thickness: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.)
Width: 42.3 cm (16 5/8 in.)
Length: 42.6 cm (16 3/4 in.)
Origin
Availles, Poitou-Charrentes, France, Europe
Object Number1984.19
CollectionStewart
CreditPurchase
Status
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