Oestmann, Günther,  1959- <br/><br/>
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 ; .
<br/><br/> Revised translation of: Die Strassburger Münsteruhr: Funktion und Bedeutung eines Kosmos-Modells. Stuttgart : Verlag für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik, 1993. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-324) and index. 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004423466 900442346X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2020007395 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Cathédrale de Strasbourg.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Astronomical clocks--France--Strasbourg.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>historic complication(s) clock antique iron-geared Strassbourg Clock (general) France Astronomy