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Roman portable sundials : the empire in your hand /
Talbert investigates miniature sundials which can be adjusted for the owner's whereabouts. They incorporate a list of locations and latitudes for ready reference, data that offers insight into Romans' worldviews. To some perhaps, these sundials were primarily symbols of scientific awarenes...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Talbert, Richard J. A., |d 1947- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Roman portable sundials : |b the empire in your hand / |c Richard J.A. Talbert. |
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| 520 | |a Talbert investigates miniature sundials which can be adjusted for the owner's whereabouts. They incorporate a list of locations and latitudes for ready reference, data that offers insight into Romans' worldviews. To some perhaps, these sundials were primarily symbols of scientific awareness as well as imperial mastery of time and space. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Roman Portable Sundials: The Empire in Your Hand; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; Figures and Maps; Figures; Maps; ABBREVIATIONS; Roman Portable Sundials; Chapter 1: Sundials and Their Place in the Roman Empire; 1. Sundial Environment; 2. Sundial Thinking; 3. Portable Sundials: Types and Functioning ; Chapter 2: The Geographical Portable Sundials Illustrated and Described; Presentation Format; 1 Rome (Rom); Bibliography; 2 Kircher Museum, Rome (Kir); Bibliography; 3 Memphis (Mem); Bibliography; 4 Aquileia (Aqu); Bibliography | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 5 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna/Wien (Wie)Bibliography; 6 Crêt-Châtelard (Crê); Bibliography; 7 Museum of the History of Science, Oxford (Oxf); Bibliography; 8 Aphrodisias (Aph); Bibliography; 9 Samos (Sam); Bibliography; 10 Time Museum (Tim); Bibliography; 11 Philippi (Phi); Bibliography; 12 Science Museum, London (Sci); Bibliography; 13 Vignacourt/Berteaucourt-les-Dames (Vig); Bibliography; 14 Mérida (Mér); Bibliography; 15 British Museum, London (Bri); Bibliography; 16 Balkans (Bal); Bibliography; Chapter 3: Geographical Awareness and Worldviews; 1. Names | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 2. Figures: The Concept of Latitude3. Figures: The Concept of Latitude Applied; 4. Distinguishing Homonymous Cities; 5. Comparative Frameworks and Orientation; 6. Latitude and Worldview; Chapter 4: A Community of Dialers?; 1. Time Telling: Margins of Error; Table 4.1: Time Museum, no. 10, and British Museum, London, no. 15; 2. Criteria for the Choice of Names; 3. The Appeal of the Object; 4. The Spreading of Knowledge and Related Attractions; 5. Time-Telling Needs ; 6. Conclusion: A Community of Dialers? ; Chapter 5: Post-classical Comparisons; 1. The Astrolabe | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 2. The Navicula and "Regiomontanus" Types3. Nuremberg Sundials ; 4. Scottish Stone Sundials; 5. The Twentieth Century and Beyond; Appendix: The Aquincum Fragment:A Sundial Maker's Manual?; Gazetteer; Cities; Cities or Islands or Provinces or Regions (latitudes for the cities only recorded here); Mediterranean Islands or Provinces; Provinces or Regions; Table of Latitudes and Locations; Bibliography; Ancient and Medieval Texts and Inscriptions ; Modern Scholarship; Index | |
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