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Darrera modificació: 2026-08-13
Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
Linnard, William - Robey, John A. - Wright, Michael T., "Ung petit traictie pour faire horoleiges: A little treatise for making clocks in the fourteenth century", Antiquarian Horology, 37/2 (2016), 182-198.
- Resum
- This article describes a treatise on clockmaking compiled by an unknown clockmaker in about 1380. It is the earliest known practical clockmaking manual in Europe, and accordingly is of great importance for the history and development of horology. A transcript of the original Old French manuscript (Vat. lat. 3127[10], fol. 64r–66r) is reproduced, a literal translation of the complete text in English is here presented for the first time, and the difficult and often obscure text is explained in a detailed commentary, together with the illustrated reconstructions proposed for some of the various mechanisms. From this old treatise we may infer that the second half of the fourteenth century was a period of intense activity and experimentation in clockmaking in France, that several alternative designs of clock mechanisms had already been developed and were known among clockmakers, and that a relatively large number of artisans were engaged in the new craft of clockmaking.
- Matèries
- Tècniques - Rellotgeria
Manuscrits
Fonts
Francès
- URL
- https://www.mayfieldbooks.co.uk/resources/AH/Treati ...
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