The astronomical clock of Strasbourg cathedral : function and significance / by Günther Oestmann ; English translation by Bruce W. Irwin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Scientific instruments and collections ; volume 8Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: xiv, 328 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789004423466
  • 900442346X
Uniform titles:
  • Astronomische Uhr des Strassburger Münsters. English
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: The astronomical clock of Strasbourg cathedralSummary: "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.
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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"-- Provided by publisher.

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