cutting table
A slab of white marble the length of two men, standing on eight stone legs under a square canopy of bleached canvas at the north edge of the Field. This is the only place in Gnomon where a shadow may lawfully be parted from its owner, and the only hour is noon. The person stands on the marble in bare feet; the Cutter kneels and, as the bell rings and the shadows withdraw, slides a leaf of polished obsidian beneath the soles. When the Four Minutes end and the shadow returns, it finds the leaf bet...
Located in The Ledger of Shadows.