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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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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
: Oxford University Press
, 2017
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/oup-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190273484.001.0001 |
| Author Notes: | Richard J.A. Talbert |
| E-Book Packages: | Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2017 Includes bibliographical references and index Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9780190273507 |
