Figure 14. The bottom righi corner ol the dial plate, 

 showing two noblemen contemplating an orb, with the 

 last ription "Diligit Avdaces rrepidos Fortvna Repellet." 

 (Fortune Livens the daring and rejects the timid.) 



out the chronogram 17h4. the year the clock w.in 

 completed. Each lemma is translated and identified 

 from the Douay-Rheims version of the Bible: 



I his woman: a great sign appeared in Heaven 

 (Apocalypse 12: i) * ["he Ilok Mother of God clothed 

 with the sun (Apocalypse 12: 1) * And with unharmed 

 foot crushing the black horns of the moon (Apocalypse 

 12: 1 ) and the serpent (Genesis 3: 15) * Most beautifully 

 crowned with twice-sbt (Apocalypse 12: 1) * A garden 

 /v '■''] enclosed, scaled with a fountain [spring of 



'•The word "Tempe" refers to the Vale of Tempi in 

 I hess.ily. through uhn h tin- IVneus Rivi i flows. Ii i- I i tween 

 Mounts < Hympus .mil Ossa. and is situated between the town 

 ■ •I I ii i -- . i .iii.l the mm. In niylhnlony. it is tnlil th.it these 

 mounts ucre originally joined and Hercules separated them 

 t.i allow the river to pass between them. The word "Tempe" 

 is also used to mean .my pleasant place, ["hus, the inscription 

 "Tempe indesinenter clausa s < tturigo signata" i^ literally 

 translated "Tempe always closed, A fount <>l water sealed up" 



or. freely translated, a- "A garden enclosed, a fountain sealed 

 up." 



uai ■ I edai in 1 .elian.pii, 



and a in Mount Zi 



Mother of pure love andof holy hop I tughter 



ol ih' 1 1 Motherof the Word, Spouse of the 



Mil. Spirit (Ecclesiasticus _■ ) .■ 1 * Surrounded with 

 a diversity 



At the lower left corner below the figure of Atlas 

 upholding the world is the phrase, Assidvo rorii/> 

 ■ di evneta labori. (The favorable gods willingly 

 grant .ill things u> the assiduous laborer. 1 ["he saem 

 phrase i^ quoted b) I ather Borghesi in the texl of 

 his second volume. The last inscription appears at 

 the lower right corner under the figures ol the two 

 noblemen, Diligit avdaees Irepidos fortvna repellet. <\ or- 

 ttine favors the daring and rejects the timid.) 

 The last two inscriptions arc in dactylic hexai 

 The) appear to be original compositions inasmut h .<- 

 no classical prototypes have been identified. 



CENTER DIM. [NSCRIPTIONS 



In addition to the inscriptions previously noted on 

 the outer dial plate, then- are three major inscriptions 



y 



Q C\„(>.7 L.i/vrl 



Figure 15. — The bottom 11 ft corner of the dial 

 showing the engraving of Adas, with the inscription 

 "Assidvo proni donant dievneta labori." (The favorable 

 gods willingly grant all things to the assiduous lab 



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