Zeitzeichen : Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser / (Ancient Chronometers)

by: Winter, E.

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Zeitzeichen : zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser

Author:Eva Winter

2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
 

Shaping, measuring and perceiving time has become crucial within the social fabric of most cultures. The book explores from the fifth century B. C. to late antiquity what types of chronometers came into use and how they measured time; when, where and why they became part of the societies of Greece and Rome; and by and for whom they were commissioned, designed and set up. For this purpose for the first time, some 500 chronometric instruments and their inscriptions from all over the classical world have been brought together to scrutinise questions such as form, typology, chronology, setting, function and context. Sundials constitute the majority of the material (c. 80%), followed by various types of chronometers, mainly water clocks. The particular contextual approach made it possible to define individuals and groups of people linked to time measurement; and, in consequence, to determine at least some of the primary functions of the chronometers set up in the societies of ancient Greece and Rome.

Contents:
BAND 1. Einleitung
Zeitmesser nach Typen
Zeitmesser und ihre formale Gestaltung
Zeitmesser in der schriftlichen Überlieferung
Zeitmesser und Anzeige
Zeitmesser und Personen
Zeitmesser im städtischen Raum
Zeitmesser am Ort
BAND 2. Zeitmesser im Einzelnen : Katalog
Tabellarische Übersicht zu Einzelaspekten der Zeitmesser
Literaturverzeichnis
Abbildungsverzeichnis
Index

Zeitzeichen : Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser / (Ancient Chronometers)

by: Winter, E.

• ISBN-13: 9783110285529 / 978-3-11-028552-9
• ISBN-03: 3110285525 / 3-11-028552-5
• Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 2013

Price: 190,75 EURO

1 copy in stock