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Roman portable sundials : the empire in your hand
Talbert investigates miniature sundials which can be adjusted for the owner's whereabouts. They incorporate a list of locations and latitudes for ready reference, data that offers insight into Romans' worldviews. To some perhaps, these sundials were primarily symbols of scientific awarenes...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Online-Ressource Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York, NY
: Oxford University Press
, 2017
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| Online Zugang: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/oup-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190273484.001.0001 |
| Verantwortlich: | Richard J.A. Talbert |
| E-Book-Pakete: | Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies Collection |
| Zusammenfassung: | Talbert investigates miniature sundials which can be adjusted for the owner's whereabouts. They incorporate a list of locations and latitudes for ready reference, data that offers insight into Romans' worldviews. To some perhaps, these sundials were primarily symbols of scientific awareness as well as imperial mastery of time and space |
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| Beschreibung: | Previously issued in print: 2017 Includes bibliographical references and index Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9780190273507 |
