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The astronomical clock of Strasbourg Cathedral : function and significance /
"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 compo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2020]
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| Colección: | History of science and medicine library. Scientific instruments and collections ;
v. 8. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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"-- |
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| Notas: | Revised translation of: Die Strassburger Münsteruhr: Funktion und Bedeutung eines Kosmos-Modells. Stuttgart : Verlag für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik, 1993. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004423473 9004423478 9789004423466 900442346X |