Christopher Parslow

The Prosciutto Sundial (eBook, PDF)

Casting Light on an Ancient Roman Timepiece from the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum

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Produktbeschreibung

The Prosciutto Sundial is the first comprehensive study of the sundial in the shape of a miniature prosciutto from the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum from its rediscovery in 1755 to modern times. Drawing on contemporary correspondence and manuscripts, early philological and scientific assessments, and later published accounts, it catalogs the many attempts by scholars and lay people alike to understand how it functioned. It explains the significance of its context in the Villa and, through the results of empirical analysis using a 3D model, highlights the remarkable accuracy of this unique ancient timepiece.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197749395
• Artikelnr.: 72260077

Autorenporträt

Christopher Parslow is the Robert Rich Professor of Latin at Wesleyan University and author of Rediscovering Antiquity: Karl Weber and the Excavations of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiae.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1. Discovery
2. Analysis
3. Enlightenment
4. Observations
Appendix A: Comparison of Grid Dimensions
Appendix B: Table of Horary Readings
Bibliography