Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 348 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9789004423473
Series Statement:
Scientific instruments and collections volume 8
Uniform Title:
Astronomische Uhr des Strassburger Münsters
Content:
"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"--
Note:
Revised translation of: Die Strassburger Münsteruhr: Funktion und Bedeutung eines Kosmos-Modells. Stuttgart : Verlag für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik, 1993
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Includes bibliographical references
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004423466
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Astronomical Clock of Strasbourg Cathedral: Function and Significance Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2020
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004423473
Author information:
Oestmann, Günther 1959-
