Zarbula Sundial1870: Champlas du Col, Italy
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N 44° 56.855 E 006° 51.120
32T E 330550 N 4979371
In 1870 Zarbula painted a sundial and Black Madonna on a large house on the main street of Champlas du Col, Val Chisone, Piemonte, Italy
Waymark Code: WM7Q03
Location: Piemonte, Italy
Date Posted: 11/20/2009
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In 1870 the Franco-Prussian war made relations between France and Italy difficult. Zarbula returned to Italy and painted a series of sundials in the Val Chisone region of Piemonte. A total of 12 sundials in this area are attributed to Zarbula, painted in 1870 to 1872. In 1876 Zarbula seems to have returned to France to paint three more sundials near Briançon.
This sundial on a large house at 28 Nazionale is much like the dial painted the previous year on St Sebastien chapel in Le Villard, Vallouise (WM7PTG). There is even a Black Madonna to counterbalance the dial on the other end of the wall. This is not obvious until the shutter is closed. Then you can read "Nigra sum sed Formosa Filiae Jerusalem"(I am black but beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem.
The dial is the typical Zarbula design for this period late in his career. It is dated and signed ZGF. The symbols include the sun, moon, Masonic tools, flower pots and a rooster. The dial declines east from south. The gnomon is in place but bent vertical to look correct. There is no motto but the dial has the name of the owner, Beroudon, Jacque Etienne, which sounds more French than Italian.
Sundial Type: Vertical - Wall mounted dial plate
Related Web Site: Not listed
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