Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Quand tu sonneras...



Vertical sundial


Paris is full of sundials, horizontal and vertical,
and many like this on in Montmartre are incorporated into the original architecture. 


There is a book on this subject,
in French and out of print, but I am still searching.


Vertical sundial
Montmartre
75018, Paris


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15 comments:

  1. Sylvia KAugust 15, 2012 at 12:25 AM

    I do find the sundials fascinating and what a terrific capture! Hope your new day is full of beauty! Enjoy!

    Hugs
    Sylvia

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  2. Jane and Lance HattattAugust 15, 2012 at 1:40 AM

    Hello Genie:
    Tempus fugit! Alas. But here it does so with great style.

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  3. PatAugust 15, 2012 at 3:23 AM

    I lived in Montmartre at two different addresses, but never saw this. Where is it exatly? It's beautiful.

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  4. JoeAugust 15, 2012 at 5:05 AM

    Wow.. That's an interesting find. It looks very old. I love stumbling upon such history when traveling. It would have made me stop and take a photo too.

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  5. This is BelgiumAugust 15, 2012 at 5:27 AM

    I find it so pretty that I took the time and trouble to look it up ... et voici !
    it was put there by this guy who worked for Napoleon and who lived there?

    Au 4 de cette rue, le commandant Henry Lachouque – « Historien de Napoléon et de la Grande Armée, 1888-1971 » comme l'indique la plaque commémorative – a fait installer sur sa maison, un cadran solaire déclinant de l'après-midi.

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  6. s.cAugust 15, 2012 at 6:49 AM

    Still working by saying nearly 1 hour. Of course when they made it no summertime then and the 5º east from greenwich made also a little difference but still strong.

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  7. biebkriebelsAugust 15, 2012 at 7:17 AM

    This one is very beautiful, I like those sundials.

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  8. MAugust 15, 2012 at 7:43 AM

    Great find! What an interesting architectural detail.

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  9. LouiseAugust 15, 2012 at 10:26 AM

    How fascinating! I haven't heard of vertical sundials before.

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  10. KristieAugust 15, 2012 at 12:35 PM

    I love this image! :) The le coq is striking on this sundial!

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  11. 'TsukiAugust 15, 2012 at 12:46 PM

    Quel jeu de mots ! Bien vu...

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  12. StarmanAugust 15, 2012 at 5:13 PM

    The French certainly do love their clocks....in whatever form.

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  13. RandyAugust 15, 2012 at 10:35 PM

    That's very cool.

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  14. JackAugust 15, 2012 at 11:32 PM

    I am surprised by Belgium's research about this being original. I thought it might be a modern sundial trying to look old. Why would an old one have a backward N in the first word but correctly-facing Ns everywhere else?

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  15. PollyAugust 23, 2012 at 11:59 PM

    What a delightful find, Genie. Thanks to your post I'll be more attentive to these when I return to Paris in Sept.



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Merci for your comments!