Book ID: 103775
Earle, Alice Morse
Sundials and Roses of Yesterday. 1902. (Reprint 2013). illus. XXIII, 461 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
The charm and sentiment of sun-dials / Noon-marks, spot-dials, window-dials / Classification of sun-dials / The construction of sun-dials / Ingeniose diallers / Portable dials / The sun-dial as an emblem / Symbolic designs for sun-dials / Pedestals and gnomon /The setting of sun-dials / Sun-dial mottoes /The sun-dial as a Memorial / Pliny saieth / Rosa solis, rose plate, and rosee The emblem of the rose in English history / Our grandmothers' roses /The Rosicrucians / The sun-dial of Ahaz / Rural saints and prophets / A story of four dials /Index.