Sundial - Lincoln Cathedral, Minster Yard - Lincoln, Lincolnshire - Sundials on Waymarking.com

A double sundial on a butress of Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln.

The Latin phrase Pereunt et Imputantur, a favourite motto for clocks and sundials, was written by the Latin poet Martial. It is usually translated as "they perish and are reckoned to our account", referring to the hours that we spend, wisely or not.

"Thirty foot up the buttress of the south-east corner of the Transept, we find an East sundial that is unusual owing to the oddity of its numerals – no hour lines are marked earlier than 6am – in Lincoln, it is earlier than 6am that we see the sunrise during the Egyptian ‘Dog Days’ in conjunction with the star Sirius, suggesting the Dial is a dog day marker.

The East Dial sundial faces the splendour of the East Porch, known as the Judgement Porch."

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Sundial Type: Vertical - Wall mounted dial plate Related Web Site: Not listed

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