Identifier: castellateddomes05macg (find matches)
Title: The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: MacGibbon, David, d. 1902 Ross, Thomas, 1839-1930
Subjects: Architecture Architecture, Domestic Castles
Publisher: Edinburgh : D. Douglas
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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Fig. 1599.—Dundas Castle. From an inscription seen on the SUNDIALS 430 SUNDIALS those of Sir Walter Dundas, and his lady, Dame Ann Menteith; and thelatter, amongst other things, advise visitors to behave themselves seemly,to forbear to do harm to the fountain, nor yet shouldst those inclinedto injure the signs of the dial.* Lamancha llou^e, PeehJesshirp,.—-This very beautiful dial exhibits thegreatest variation from the type of any known example. It has the usual
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Fig. 1(500.—Laraancha HouseBack View. Fig. 1601.—Lamancha House.Front View. cylinder, liollowed out in a very pronounced form (Fig. 1600), but all theother details are changed. The dial on the top is square (Fig. 1601), * For further particulars see Miss Gattys Book of Sundials. SUNDIALS 431 — SUNDIALS the eight horns being wanting; the lower corners are canted off, the figures are arranged in a circle, and are finely cut, and the gnomon, made of thin iron, is of a pleasing design. Following the circle of the cylinder is the motto fugit hora (Fig. 1602). The under side of the stone is cut into so as to leave a drum-shaped dial (a new form), the shadows on which are cast by the sides of the cutting. The sides of the dial-stone contain each a single distinct and different figure, unlike those usually found in this position. The oblong hollow on one side has two carved serpents starting with their intertwisted tails and wriggling round the sides of the hollow, the upper edge of whi

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