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Cusanus Sonnenuhr

Cusanus Sundial

Nicolaus Cusanus (Nicholas of Cusa)
Kues 1401 - Todi, Umbria, 1464
Cardinal, one of the great geniuses and polymaths of the 15th century
founder of the Cusanusstift (1458), a still existing home of the aged
(Wikipedia)

Bernhard Franz & Werner Seippel
2001

Description

Glass sundial with a portrait of Cusanus.

Annotation

Unveiled 24 May 2001.

The example for the portrait was the portrait in the Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartman Schedel (1493)

The Cusanusstift in Kues, founded by Nicolaus Cusanus

Sculptors

Bernhard Franz, stained glass sundial maker of Quierschied, Saarland.
Werner Seippel, painter of Bernkastel-Kues,

Location (N 49°54'56" - E 7°4'21")

Item Code: derp130; Photograph: 20 April 2012
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