The BSS Bulletin
The BSS Bulletin
Contents
103. Volume 29(iii) - September 2017
1. Editorial
2. Modern Observations using the 1702 Meridian Line of the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri (Rome) – Woodruff Sullivan, Mallory Thorp, Guadalupe Tovar and Jennifer Look
12. How Long was I Walking? – Graham Stapleton
14. A Sundial Serenade – Wg Cdr James Hepburn Sindall DSO RAF, with a little editing by Kevin Karney
16. New Dials (1): An 80th Birthday Sundial – David Brown
17. Sundials in the Science Museum, Geneva – Doug Bateman
19. In the Footsteps of Thomas Ross. Part 20: The Other Dials of Lennoxlove – Dennis Cowan
21. Peter-Jochen Kunath—Obituary – Ortwin Feustel
22. New Dials (2): Polar Sundial in Darwin – Margaret Folkard
23. A Missed Opportunity – David Brown
24. Readers’ Letters (1) – Gills
25. Postcard Potpourri 40: Glamis Castle – Peter Ransom
26. A Pop-up Sundial for Wroxton – David Brown, Graham Stapleton and Jackie Jones
28. An Interesting Slate Sundial by Griffith Davies, FRS – Sue Manston
32. Readers’ Letters (2) – Folkard
33. Portable Dial in a Calendar Box – Mike Cowham
36. A DIY Garden Heliochronometer – Brian Huggett
41. A Standing Ring Dial by J. Sisson – David Hawker
44. The Esperance Stonehenge in Australia – John Ward and Margaret Folkard
46. New Dials (3): Sundial on Mullachgearr Memorial, Mullaghmore, County Sligo – Michael J. Harley
47. New Book – CHN
48. Old Sundial Books: A Survey by Mike Cowham and Fred Sawyer
102. Volume 29(ii) - June 2017
1. Editorial
2. The Brighton i360: a Giant Gnomonic Possibility – Frank H. King
8. Holiday Pictures
9. Reader’s Letter – Wilcock
10. In the Footsteps of Thomas Ross. Part 19: Some Sundials of East Lothian – Dennis Cowan
15. The Navicula: Made in Medieval East Anglia? – John Davis
24. Newly Reported Dials, 2016 – John Foad
29. Throwing Light on a Sundial at Newstead Abbey – John Wilson
32. A Replacement Armillary Dial for Christchurch Park, Ipswich – John Davis
33. A Curious Oxford Sundial – FHK
34. Two Interesting Slate Dials – Mike Cowham
37. Postcard Potpourri 39: Siófok, Hungary – Peter Ransom
38. Allan Mills—Obituary – John Davis
39. A Very Personal Sundial – Ortwin Feustel
42. BSS Annual Conference: Oxford, 21–23 April 2017 – Jackie Jones and Jenny Brown
48. Minutes of the 28th BSS Annual General Meeting, Oxford, 22 April 2017
48. A Host of Fundials – John Lester
101. Volume 29(i) - March 2017
1. Editorial
2. The Restoration of a Horizontal Dial by Henry Sutton – John Davis
8. Delhi Sundial – FHK
10. Two New Dials of Saint Petersburg – Valery Dmitriev
11. Book Review – Wood
12. In the Footsteps of Thomas Ross. Part 18: The Kelburn Castle Obelisks – Dennis Cowan
15. A Birthday Dial – JD
16. Sundial Artist, Dorothy Hartley – Mike Cowham
20. The Sundials and Dialmakers of London’s Moorfields – A Perambulation – Graham Stapleton
22. Book and Exhibition Review – Mueller-Maerki
24. Investigation of a John Bird Sundial – Ian R. Butson
28. New Dials: Lynton, Devon – JD
29. History on a Sundial – Jackie Jones
30. Three Sundials of Barcelona – Anthony Capon
32. Dial Dealings 2016 – Mike Cowham
36. Postcard Potpourri 38: A Comic Postcard – Peter Ransom
37. How Wrong Can You Be? – Graham Stapleton
40. Article Review – Davis
41. Readers’ Letters – Foad, Greenberg
42. Trustees’ Annual Report 2016–17
44. BSS Accounts for the Year Ended 31st December 2016
100. Volume 28(iv) - December 2016
1. Editorial
2. An Italian Cruciform Dial – Mike Cowham
6. Constructing the Sundial and Planet Garden at West Park, Long Eaton – Stuart Allan
8. Postcard Potpourri 37. Town Square, Brechin – Peter Ransom
10. Who was Jeanie Crowley? – John Lester
12. Joshua Springer of Bristol: An Eighteenth-Century Provincial Dialmaker – John Davis
16. Vertical Dial, Château de Chillon, Montreux – Doug Bateman
18. A Solstice Sundial – Jackie Jones
20. A Historic Sundial in Old Hastings: A Recent Rediscovery – Bob Wilcock
21. An Ancient Dial Fragment in Hastings – CHN
22. In the Footsteps of Thomas Ross. Part 17: Some Sundials of East Fife – Dennis Cowan
27. How to Measure the Declination of a Wall: A Beginner’s Guide – J. Mike Shaw
29. Newbury One-Day Meeting, 24 September 2016
34. The ‘Lost’ Sundial of Ham House – Graham Stapleton
37. Beaconsfield Revisited – Frank King
38. What it is to be Young – Jenny Brown
41. Book Review – Frank King
42. The Portable Vertical Dial – Mike Cowham
99. Volume 28(iii) - September 2016
1. Editorial
2. Sundials by the Davis Dynasty – John Davis
6. The Sundial – Gillian Clarke
7. A Visit to the 24-Hour Sundial in Longyearbyen – Douglas Bateman
8. A Sundial Search that Found a Toposcope – J. Mike Shaw
10. Margaret Ribchester—Obituary – John Foad
11. New Dials (1). New Dial for Historic Garden in Switzerland – Alastair Hunter
11. Postcard Potpourri 36. The Atlas Sundial, Old Mill House, Wannock, Polegate, East Sussex – Peter Ransom
12. A New Sundial for an Old School – Jackie Jones
14. A Universal Dial by G. Wright – Mike Cowham
17. In the Footsteps of Thomas Ross. Part 16: Easter Coates House – Dennis Cowan
21. New Dials (2). A New Islamic-Inspired Sundial – Frank King
21. Reader’s Letter – Caviglia
22. A Visit to World Museum, Liverpool – Douglas Bateman
23. Holiday Pictures (1) – Peter Meadows
24. An Interesting French Dial – Mike Cowham
26. Come, Light! Visit Me! … A Sundial Revealed – Ian Butson
27. Weybridge Hospital Sundial, Another Mystery! – Martin Jenkins
28. Holiday Pictures (2)
29. Saltcoats, Sundials, Storms – Christine Northeast
31. Bonus Postcard: East Bergholt – FHK
32. A Sundial Puzzle from Gouda – Douglas Bateman and Frank H. King
33. Solution to the Crossword
34. A Sundial in the Sand – Jackie Jones
36. Study Trip to Poland – Bohumil Landsman
36. Beauty can be Timeless – FHK
98. Volume 28(ii) - June 2016
1. Editorial
2. A Mystery Welsh Horizontal Dial – John Davis
6. Postcard Potpourri 35: The High Hall, Steeton, Keighley, West Yorkshire – Peter Ransom
7. A Scottish Sundial Holding Secrets – Alastair Hunter
13. New Dial: A Direct East Moon Dial – David Brown
14. A French Three-in-One Dial – Mike Cowham
15. Reader’s Letter – Turner
15. Kitchener’s Sundial in Palestine: Further Information – John Davis
16. BSS Sundial Awards 2010–15
19. Beware Elephants! – John Foad
20. In the Footsteps of Thomas Ross. Part 15: Sundials on Scottish Churches – Dennis Cowan
26. An Early English Horizontal Dial – John Davis
29. Grand Garden Dials in 1908 – Martin Jenkins
34. Newly Reported Dials, 2015 – John Foad
39. Crossword Puzzle – John Lester
40. BSS Photographic Competition 2015–16 – Ian Butson
44. BSS Annual Conference: Liverpool, 15–17 April 2016 – John Lester and Alastair Hunter
48. Minutes of the 27th BSS Annual General Meeting
97. Volume 28(i) - March 2016
1. Editorial
1. Using a Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut? – Frank King
2. Three Sundials in a Country House Garden – Nicholas M. Duke-Cox
6. Dial Dealings 2015 – Mike Cowham
9. Reader’s Letter – Hogbin
10. A Sundial from a Dublin Maker – Adrian Le Harivel
11. ‘Dig for Victory’ Sundial – Martin Jenkins
12. Could Anyone Mistake this for a Scratch Dial? – Derek Humphries
13. Kitchener’s Sundial in Palestine – Tommer Grossberger, Amir Freundlich and John Davis
17. Sunrays Change Edges on Sharp-Edged Gnomons – Tony Moss
18. The Decorative Dials of Coaraze, Côte d’Azur, France – Mike Cowham
20. New Dials (1): Doha, Qatar, Analemmatic Dial – Howard Peel
21. An Unrecorded Transitional Mass Dial at Bixley, Norfolk – John Davis
25. Postcard Potpourri 34: Deene Park, Corby, Northamptonshire – Peter Ransom
26. In the Footsteps of Thomas Ross. Part 14: Aberdour Castle – Dennis Cowan
29. A Local Garden Centre Sundial – Mike Cowham
30. What Happened to the Calverley Sundial? – Derek Humphries
31. Equatorial Sundial in India – Frank King
32. New Dials (2): Armillary Sphere in South Wales – Brad Dillon
33. Holiday Sundial Sightings – David Payne
33. Trustees’ Annual Report 2015–16
36. BSS Accounts for the Year Ended 31st December 2015
96. Volume 27(iv) - December 2015
1. Editorial
2. The Tetrahedron Cairn – Mark Lennox-Boyd
5. Andrew Somerville and his Snow Obelisk Dial – James Holland
6. Bratwursts, Vineyards and Sundials – Dennis Cowan
9. Postcard Potpourri 33. Old Market Cross, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire – Peter Ransom
10. What Happened to the Raunscliffe Hall Dial? – Martin Jenkins
12. Readers’ Letters – Halama, Morrison-Low, Cowan
14. A Visit to British Columbia, Canada, for the 2015 NASS Conference – Jackie Jones
18. A Transylvanian Analemmatic Sundial Revisited – Dan Uza
20. Tempus Fugit! – Ian Butson
21. Who Made these English Dials? – Mike Cowham
23 Most Enjoyed Article 2014
24. Sundials in Seattle – Douglas Bateman
27. ‘Langlois Slot’ Time Frog and Time Toad – Malcolm Bishop
28. Horizontal Azimuth Dials – Mike Cowham
32. In the Footsteps of Thomas Ross: Part 13. The One That Got Away – Nearly – Dennis Cowan
35. A Disregarded Seventeenth-Century Horizontal Dial from Scotland – John Davis
37. Newbury One-Day Meeting 26 September 2015 – Ian Butson and Douglas Bateman
40. Book Review – Foad
41. Double Restoration at Barnes – Keith Scobie-Youngs
42. Designing Sundials Using 3D Drawing Software: Implementing the BSS Horizontal Sundial – Phil Walker
44. A Medieval Sundial from the Benedictine Monastery of Kaposszentjakab (Somogy County, Hungary) – Máté Varga and Sándor Keszthelyi
48. Holiday Pictures – Douglas Bateman
95. Volume 27(iii) - September 2015
1. Editorial
1. Familiar Faces in Victoria, BC
2. The Sundial Herm at Ancient Messene, Greece – Andreas Galanakis and Martin Jenkins
7. Is this the World’s Hardest-to-See Sundial? – Frank King
8. The Magnetic Azimuth Dial – Mike Cowham
12. Cakes from the 2015 Conference
13. Artistic Images of Sundials – Valery Dmitriev
16. Alan Cook—Obituary – Tony Wood
17. The Shetland Islands: Reporting on Britain’s Most Northerly Sundial – Douglas Bateman
19. In the Footsteps of Thomas Ross. Part 12: A Foray into England – Dennis Cowan
20. Who Were the Makers of these Attractive ‘Flower’ Dials? – Mike Cowham
22. Analysis of a Roman Portable Dial – Frank H. King
30. The Nature in Art Museum Sundial, Gloucester – Ben Jones
33. Kirktonhall and its Obelisk (or Pawn?)
34. A Little-Known Cambridge Sundial… and the Story of its Restoration – Ian Butson
40. Scottish Obelisks and the Kirktonhall Project (and a Chess Set) – Dennis Cowan
41. Postcard Potpourri 32: Pilling, Lancashire – Peter Ransom
42. Dialling Instruments in Holbein’s Painting ‘The Ambassadors’ – Allan Mills
47. Reader’s Letter – Davis
48. The ‘Pelican Dial’ Picture at Bromley House – Tony Wood
94. Volume 27(ii) - June 2015
1. Editorial
2. The Chetwode Quadrant: A Medieval Unequal-Hour Instrument – John Davis
6. New Dials (1): A Horizontal Stereographic Projection Dial for South Africa – Malcolm Barnfield
7. 24-Hour Sundial in the Shadow of the Moon – Martins Gills
7. Total Eclipse 2015 – Douglas Bateman
8. In the Footsteps of Thomas Ross: Part 11. The Dyallis of William Aytoun – Dennis Cowan
15. Re-Imagining the Pewterers’ Glass Sundial – Geoffrey Lane
17. English Pottery Sundial Picture – Malcolm Barnfield
18. Who Made these Ivory Diptych Dials? – Mike Cowham
20. Mike Groom—Obituary – Ben Jones
21. Setting the Bead on an Horary Quadrant Without a Date Scale – Frank H. King
21. The Eclipse as Seen in Fife – Dennis Cowan
22. Anton Schmitz – Bildhauermeister; Or, how a young German soldier eventually joined the British Sundial Society – Douglas Bateman and Ursula Schmitz
28. A Proposed Heliochronometer – Alan Mitchell
30. New Dials (2): Armillary Dial in Eire – Mark Lennox-Boyd
31. Sundial Discoveries in India and Sri Lanka – Martin Jenkins
35. New Book – Bonnin
36. Restoration of the Hole Park Sundial – Brad Dillon
37. The Hole Park Dial, Unrestored – John Davis
38. Newly Reported Dials, 2014 – John Foad
41. BSS Annual Conference: Nottingham, 10–12 April 2015 – Geoff Parsons, John Lester, Irene Brightmer and Frank Coe
45. Minutes of the 26th BSS Annual General Meeting
46. Trustees’ Annual Report
48. BSS Accounts for the Period 7 February to 31 December 2014
93. Volume 27(i) - March 2015
1. Editorial
2. A Medieval Sundial from Lindos on the Island of Rhodes — Karlheinz Schaldach
5. New Dial – The Neuadd Dial 2014 — Mark Lennox-Boyd
6. A Mystery Sundial by Girard et Barrère of Paris — Martin Jenkins
10. Sundials in Madeira — Maureen Harmer
13. Michael Maltin: Spitfire Pilot and a Gentleman – Obituary — Doug Bateman
14. Dial Dealings 2014 — Mike Cowham