The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 199
ed on thesummit, spread his wings and crowed. The striking machinery, by meansof movable trap doors, cylinders, and springs concealed in the interior oftbe clock, set in motion a considerable nmnber of automata, executed withmucli skill. Angelo Eocca adds that the completion of this chef-d(cucrewas… … Fig. 152.—Astronomical Clock in the Cathedral at Strasburg, constructed in 1573. i/oROLoar. 5 A similar tradition is attached to tin- liisjoiy of another clock, still inexistence, MJiicli was not less cek-brated than that of Straslmr^^ Werefer to that in tlie Churcli of St. John at Lyons, made in…
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