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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Talbert, Richard J. A., 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Temas:
Sundials.
Clocks and watches.
Time measurements.
Temps > Mesure.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades.
Clocks and watches
Sundials
Time measurements
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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