| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Scientific instruments and collections ; volume 8 |
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History of science and medicine library. Scientific instruments and collections ; v. 8.
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| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Revised translation of: Die Strassburger Münsteruhr: Funktion und Bedeutung eines Kosmos-Modells. Stuttgart : Verlag für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik, 1993 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the original German into English |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 09, 2020) |
| Subject |
Cathédrale de Strasbourg.
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Cathédrale de Strasbourg. |
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Astronomical clocks -- France -- Strasbourg
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Astronomical clocks.
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History.
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France -- Strasbourg.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020007396 |
| ISBN |
9789004423473 |
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9004423478 |
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9789004423466 |
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900442346X |
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