diptych sundial
Datedate 1600
Inventory Number7456
ClassificationSundial
Subject
Maker
German
?
Place of Origin
Dimensionsopen - as photographed: 9.3 × 6.2 × 9.1 cm (3 11/16 × 2 7/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
closed: 1.6 × 6.2 × 9.1 cm (5/8 × 2 7/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
case: 2.4 × 10.6 × 7.9 cm (15/16 × 4 3/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
closed: 1.6 × 6.2 × 9.1 cm (5/8 × 2 7/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
case: 2.4 × 10.6 × 7.9 cm (15/16 × 4 3/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
Material
AccessoriesRed paper and wood box with gold borders.
DescriptionIn addition to a horizontal dial, this compendium contains a vertical dial, a dial to indicate the length of the day and the night, a pin gnomon dial for Italian hours, a compass rose for determining the direction of the wind, a calendar of epacts from 1597 to 1615, and a volvelle for converting lunar to solar time when finding the time by moonlight.
Brass Diptych Sundial Compendium made for latitude 52°
Brass Diptych Sundial Compendium made for latitude 52°
Curatorial RemarksVery similar to the brass diptych attrib to Linden, R29, in Delalande catalogue (2013), 106-107
Cf. BM signed compendium, Linden 1596, in Ward, cat 357, p 123.
ProvenanceJoseph Drecker, Aachen, Germany, before 1928 (no. 44); Frederik Casparus Wieder, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 1928; D. P. Wheatland, Topsfield, MA, 1959; gift to CHSI, ca. 1987.
Historical AttributesFormerly Drecker Collection No. 44; see folder.
Charles Bloud
Date: 1653
Accessories: Stored in briefcase (not with sundial in its present location).
Object number: 7800
Charles Bloud
Date: circa 1660
Accessories: On 6/22/98 an envelope with a piece to this dial was found in 1V-2b. However, nothing was found inside the envelope. JR
Object number: 7514