The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 234
amented with a great number of allegorical figures—the work of Bouhain, HOROLOGY. in 1570. A much more famous clock was that of Strasburg (Fig. 152),constructed in 1573, and which, was long considered to be the greatest ofall wonders. It was entirely restored in 1842 by M. Schwilgué. AngeloRocca,… … Fig. 151.—Clock of Jena, in Germany. (Fifteenth Century.) three hundred and sixty-five days. On two sides of the dial and below itthe principal festivals of the year and the solemnities of the Church wererepresented by allegorical figures. Other dials, distributed symmetricallyon the façade of the…
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