Each of these shapes has a purpose: they are sundials, a total of thirty in all.
Sundial of the Groirie in Yvre-l’Eveque.
The south face is the one with the most dials.
Above this book are aligned six cylindrical dials.
The south face also has two other vertical dials.
The north face has five dials.
The whole sculpture is surmounted by a concave crescent-shaped dial.
They became very popular in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries.
Made in 1596 of wood, paper, iron, brass.
Currently at the Landesmuseum in Wurttemberg, Stuttgart, Germany.
Photo:Greg Schechter/Wikimedia Commons
Multi-faceted sundial in Barrington Court, Somerset dating from the 1920s.
The sundial is built around a dodecahedron.
Photo:Ad Meskens/Wikimedia Commons
