Witnesses of the Time: A survey of clock rooms, clock towers and façade clocks in Istanbul in the Ottoman Era

The Ottoman Empire used an hour system based on the motion of the sun and, accordingly, on seasonal hours, inherited from earlier Islamic countries. Later on, the introduction and the spread of mechanical clocks made develop a unique and hybrid hour system, called alla turca, based both on the motio...

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Auteur principal: Kaan Üçsu
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Langue:CA
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Publié: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/26b4e8699e914a5fbd748e77fbd4dc13
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