Photograph of Manuscript depicting timekeepers from 1400s, 1964
- maker:
- Science Museum
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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)
Details
- Category:
- Time Measurement
- Object Number:
- 1964-308
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
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overall: 510 mm x 350 mm
- type:
- photograph
- credit:
- Science Museum
