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| #3474 | Rare dutch sundial from 1659 by I.D. Vos in Strien (Strijen) | |
| SOLD | Sundial signed: 'Gedaen in Strien. 1659 - I.D.Vos Inventor' (Made in Stijen, I.D.Vos Inventor)
On the winterside are the epacts for the years 1653 - 1672. The epact is reckoned as the age of the ecclesiastical moon on 1 January. Its principal use is in determining the date of Easter. The angle of the sun and the horizon is used to tell the time on a given date. diameter 52 mm, brass |
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