The astronomical clock of Strasbourg cathedral : function and significance /
Oestmann, Günther, 1959-
The astronomical clock of Strasbourg cathedral : function and significance / by Günther Oestmann ; English translation by Bruce W. Irwin. - xiv, 328 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm - Scientific instruments and collections, volume 8 1877-7066 ; .
Revised translation of: Die Strassburger Münsteruhr: Funktion und Bedeutung eines Kosmos-Modells. Stuttgart : Verlag für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-324) and index.
"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"--
9789004423466 900442346X
2020007395
Cathédrale de Strasbourg.
Astronomical clocks--France--Strasbourg.
historic complication(s) clock antique iron-geared Strassbourg Clock (general) France Astronomy
The astronomical clock of Strasbourg cathedral : function and significance / by Günther Oestmann ; English translation by Bruce W. Irwin. - xiv, 328 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm - Scientific instruments and collections, volume 8 1877-7066 ; .
Revised translation of: Die Strassburger Münsteruhr: Funktion und Bedeutung eines Kosmos-Modells. Stuttgart : Verlag für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-324) and index.
"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"--
9789004423466 900442346X
2020007395
Cathédrale de Strasbourg.
Astronomical clocks--France--Strasbourg.
historic complication(s) clock antique iron-geared Strassbourg Clock (general) France Astronomy