The astronomical clock of Strasbourg cathedral: function and significance
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Beteilige Person: Oestmann, Günther 1959- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Deutsch
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2020]
Schriftenreihe:Scientific instruments and collections volume 8
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Abstract:"Strasbourg Cathedral's astronomical clock is one of the most famous and well-known astronomical clock monuments in the world. No other clock has been described and appreciated so often and in such a myriad of ways. This book gives a detailed delineation of the artistic and technical components of the 1571-74 clock and it presents the astronomical indications and the underlying conceptional framework. According to an hitherto unknown original source Günther Oestmann discovered a contemporary programmatic statement and that the clock displays four ways of determining the ascendant as described by Ptolemy. Oestmann ascertained that the Strasbourg clock is the result of a highly original reception of the architectural theory of Vitruvius and other mathematical and mechanical texts of Late Antiquity. Revised and updated translation from the German edition Die Strassburger Münsteruhr: Funktion und Bedeutung eines Kosmos-Modells des 16. Jahrhunderts. Published by GNT-Verlag in 1993"--
Beschreibung:Revised translation of: Die Strassburger Münsteruhr: Funktion und Bedeutung eines Kosmos-Modells. Stuttgart : Verlag für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik, 1993. - Includes bibliographical references
Umfang:XIV, 328 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Tabellen
ISBN:9789004423466