Old Sundial - The Jamme Masjid or Great London Mosque, East End
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Norfolk12
N 51° 31.158 W 000° 04.314
30U E 703141 N 5711640
A old sundial dated 1745 on the front of The Jamme Masjid or Great London Mosque, in Brick Lane,Shoreditch , East End of London
Waymark Code: WM43TV
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/03/2008
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The name means Great Mosque. It stands on the corner of Brick Lane and Fournier Street In Shoreditch. This building is the architectural equivalent to the Vicar of Bray. It has been used as a place of worship by the various waves of new immigrants to the area. This building began its life in 1743 as a Huguenot Church. After brief use by a Christian conversionary movement aimed at trying to convert Jews to Christianity, in 1819 it became a Methodist Chapel, in 1897 it became The Machzike Adas (Orthodox) Synagogue and in 1975 became a Mosque. The sundial on the wall dates from its Huguenot days. It is inscribed "Umbra sumus" meaning "We are shadows". Perhaps adapted from Psalm 144, v. 4. "Man is like a breath, his days are like a passing shadow." Set in the pavement outside the Mosque there is a roundel depicting a globe, to show the connection of the building with different religions and peoples from various parts of the world
Sundial Type: Vertical - Wall mounted dial plate
Related Web Site: Not listed
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