This is another sight I pass walking to work, a sundial on the bell tower of the Madonna church in “Via della Madonna”. “Horas non numero nisi serenas” is a latin motto often found on sundials and translates: I do not count the hours unless they are sunny. “Johannes et Erica Carta fecerunt - Robertus Palandri delineavit - A.D. MCMXCVII” are the Latin form of the names of the makers, the draftsman and the year of construction, 1997.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Nisi Serenas
This is another sight I pass walking to work, a sundial on the bell tower of the Madonna church in “Via della Madonna”. “Horas non numero nisi serenas” is a latin motto often found on sundials and translates: I do not count the hours unless they are sunny. “Johannes et Erica Carta fecerunt - Robertus Palandri delineavit - A.D. MCMXCVII” are the Latin form of the names of the makers, the draftsman and the year of construction, 1997.
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Molto bello il motto latino. Non lo conoscevo.
Fascinating!
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