Photograph of Manuscript depicting timekeepers from 1400s, 1964
- maker:
- Science Museum
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Photograph of Manuscript depicting timekeepers from 1400s, 1964. Hand-coloured photograph, 20" x 13 1/2", of a
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Hand-coloured photograph, 20" x 13 1/2", of a miniature in a manuscript of about 1450 showing many types of timekeeper. Original featured in 'L'Horloge de Sapience', 1450 in the Royal Library of Belgium. Depicted is an astrolabe; weight-driven mechanical clock, four types portable sundials and a spring-driven table clock (earliest known example of this mechanism)
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- Category:
- Time Measurement
- Object Number:
- 1964-308
- type:
- photograph
- taxonomy:
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- visual and verbal communication
- credit:
- Science Museum
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