Year 2010

Sundial of the month December

Vertical sundial

Wassenaar

This wooden Sundial from 1787 is on a wall that declines approximately 80 degrees south to east.
The hour numerals run from 4 to 12, with quarter-hour divisions.
The 12-hour line is divided according to the zodiac, but not all symbols are correct or even present.
The tip of the gnomon is the nodus for this calendar.

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The motto takes up the larger part of the dial face.
It reads:

DO JUSTICE
Fear No Man
FOR Time
Travels its Circle
Remember that Death will come
That your Account
May close Favorably

Fer de Vries

Addres: Kerkstraat 6, Wassenaar.

English translation: RH