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THE CHANGING FACE OF EARLY MODERN TIME 1550-177...

This book provides a reinterpretation of early modern clock and watch dials on the basis of
use. Between 1550 and the emergence of a standard format in 1770  dials represented
combinations of calendrical  lunar and astronomical information using multiple concentric rings
subsidiary dials and apertures. Change was gradual  but significant. Over the course of eight
chapters and with reference to thirty-five exceptional images  this book unlocks the meaning
embedded within these early combinations. The true significance of dial change can only be
fully understood by comparing dials with printed paper sources such as almanacs  diagrams and
craft pamphlets. Clock and watch makers drew on traditional communication methods  utilised
different formats to generate trust in their work  and tried to be help users in different
contexts. The calendar  lunar and astronomical functions were useful as a memory prompt for
astrology up until the mid-late seventeenth century. After the decline ofthis practice  the
three functions continued to be useful for other purposes  but eventually declined.

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