Clock

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Pisa, Tuscany - Italy (2011)
 

mario 27 days

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jonamino 26 days ago:

Nice picture :) In which language is the clock written?

mario 24 days ago:

Thanks:-) Renaissance italian, probably.

MEZZ suggests mezzogiorno (12am), some others are less obvious while TRAM at 6 could be tramonto (sunset) MAES at 5 could suggest Maestrale, a wind.

I wasn't paying attention that there are just 8 named positions not 12. A strange clock, indeed. I have to wonder if it's a clock at all.

Most likely they are all names for winds in italian or an ancient variant or maybe latin: Libeccio at 1.30, Ponente at 3, Maestrale at 4.30, Tramontana at 6, unknown GREC at 7.30, Levante at 9, Scirocco at 10.30, MEZZ I wouldn't know.

jonamino 23 days ago:

Wow very intresting, so that's a unique clock right there.

That makes your picture more special :)