Ioannis Padvanii Veronensis Opvs de compositione et vsv multiformium horologiorum solarium pro diuersis mundi regionibus : idq[ue] vbique locorum tam in superficie plana horizontali, quam murali quorsumcumq[ue] exposita sit, pertractans : nvper brevissimis ac facillimis doctrinis ab eo excogitatis luculenter traditum

Paduani, Giovanni, b. ca. 1512 · 1570 · Venetiis : Apud Franciscum Franciscium Senensem · 13 pictures

A 1570 Venetian treatise on sundials by Giovanni Paduani of Verona, printed by Francesco Franceschi of Siena, written for instrument makers and astronomers working across the world's regions. Its pictures are woodcut diagrams of dials on horizontal and vertical planes, with hour lines, gnomons and decorative borders that a designer could take as clean, geometric linework and ornamental frames.

Sundials · Horology

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