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Article: The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories.(Review)
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- Renaissance Quarterly
- Article date:
- June 22, 2000
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2000 The Renaissance Society of America. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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John L. Heilbron. The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999. x + 8 pls. + 366 pp. $35. ISBN: 0-674-85433-0.
This excellent book adds a welcome complexity to the historiography of astronomy in the years after Galileo's abjuration allegedly brought Italian astronomy to its knees. Heilbron's title refers specifically to the precise projections of the celestial meridian on a spate of church floors during this period (and well into the nineteenth century). Through an aperture high on a south-facing wall or roof, a measurable image of the sun daily crossed these finely graduated lines at local noon. More ...
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