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- A declining vertical dial approximately 6 feet wide and 8 feet tall of painted wood. Diol declines 58? west of south. Dial includes a two-lined analemma noon mark that shows noon corrected for EOT. Hour lines with Roman numerals show local time from 10 AM to 7 PM. Dial is located about 30 feet high on a wall, above an alcove with a statue of the Virgin Mary. The gnomon length is correct for the shadow of the tip to fall on the noon mark. Dial furniture includes a lunar crescent and a depiction of a beaver carrying a tree branch, in a classic French tradition and similar to dials of Zarbula's overall design.
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General Information: | Inscription: | | - Latin: DIES SICUT UMBRA
French: comme l'umbra, les jours s'enfuient
1860 1934
English translation: Like the shadow, the days go by
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- Designer: Msgr. Charles-Olivier Caron
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- Construction Date: 1860; restored 1934, 1980
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| References: | Web Links: |
- Mayall, p229
The sundial catalog for la Commission de Cadrans Solaires du Quebec, "Cadrans Solaires et Gnomonique: la contribution du Quebec a ce patrimoine universel" by Andre Bouchard.
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