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Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
Pérez Álvarez, Víctor, "Mechanical clocks in the medieval Castilian royal court", Antiquarian Horology, 34/4 (2013), 489-502.
- Resum
- The mechanical clock came to the Iberian Peninsula in the first half of the fourteenth century, probably through the kingdom of Aragon because of its commercial and political connections with Italy. The presence of clocks in the medieval Aragonese royal court has been documented, but very little is known of their existence in the Castilian royal court because of the lack of sources. This article examines the history of the mechanical clock and the royal court of Castile from the late fourteenth century to the beginning of the sixteenth century, drawing on published and unpublished sources collected in various Spanish archives. The most fruitful document dates back to 1504 and contains detailed descriptions of three outstanding domestic clocks, which are given here in an English translation.
- Matèries
- Història de la tècnica
Astronomia i astrologia
- URL
- https://www.academia.edu/5668347/Mechanical_clocks_ ...
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