Une histoire des cadrans solaires en occident
17 Dicembre 2021
Une histoire des cadrans solaires en occident
La gnomonique du moyen âge au xxe siècle
by Denis Savoie
Preface by Anthony Turner
ISBN: 9782251452319
Les Belles Lettres, ©2021
800 sundials of the Antiquity are known and preserved in museums. There are tens of thousands of them in Europe built between the Middle Ages and today. France alone has more than 32,000. The vast majority of them are still in operation on churches, in gardens, on public buildings or on private houses.
A unique synthesis of gnomonics, this richly illustrated book allows readers to discover all the facets of an instrument that goes back to the beginnings of astronomy.