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Motto reads: “Life is short, Time is ???”. Shows 4am to 8pm in 30, 15 and 7.5 min marks. Uses XII and IIII. Numerals read from inside the dial. Gnomon was aligned to bisect the flats. Unusual four hole fixing with holes at midpoints of flats. Set on elegant 19thC pedestal. Dial probably a replacement for an earlier dial.

SRN:
5311
Year:
19xx
Reports:
2003
Address:
Queen Elizabeth House
21 St Giles
Oxford
Oxfordshire
Coords:
N51 45 30, W01 15 40
Nat Grid:
SP 511 069
Condition:
Poor
Dial Type:
Horizontal
Access:
Restricted
Maker:
Materials:
Brass
Dimensions:
250a/f octagon