Beauvais astronomical clock
Illustration — Beauvais Astronomical Clock The Beauvais Astronomical Clock is a nineteenth-century astronomical clock in Beauvais Cathedral in northern France.
Beauvais astronomical clock
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The clock was built between 1865 and 1868 by Auguste-Lucien Vérité. It is 12 metres high, and 6 metres wide. The 52 dials display the times of the rising and setting sun and moon, the position of the planets, the current time in 18 cities around the world, and the tidal times. The clock also displays the epact (i.e. age of the moon in days on January 1) and the golden number used in calculating the date of Easter. The hours and minutes are shown in the large central face which depicts Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles. An 1886 edition of Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine remarks that: "In the eyes of the neighbourhood the chief wonder of Beauvais is not the cathedral, but the astronomical clock...The mechanical part is admirable. It tells everything which any one can wish to know."
The astronomical clock of Saint-Peter's cathedral in Beauvais (Oise, Picardie, France).
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The astronomical clock of Saint-Peter's cathedral in Beauvais (Oise, Picardie, France).
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- 1.Description de l'horloge monumentale de la cathédrale de Beauvais / conçue & exécutée par M. A. L. Vérité. Imprimerie-Librairie Prévôt. 1973.
- 2.Dominique Aubin. Dominique Charlet, maître du temps. 2007-07-17.
- 3.L'horloge astronomique grippée par la poussière. Le Parisien (Beauvais). 2010-01-18.
- 4.Un an de travaux pour l’horloge astronomique. Le Parisien (Oise). 2011-01-08.
- 5.Un casse-tête géant de 90000 pièces. Le Parisien (Oise). 2011-07-23.
- 6.L'horloge astronomique relancée. Le Parisien (Oise). 2012-04-05.
- 7.800 ans de la cathédrale de Beauvais : ce trésor d'une valeur inestimable a besoin de vous. Actu Oise. 2025-01-05.
- 8.Palissy IM60000769 Horloge astronomique (horloge édicule) dite de M. Vérité .
- 9.Beauvais (Oise). Patrimoine-horloge.fr.
- 10.VIDEO. Beauvais : l'horloge astronomique retrouve de la voix.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 9
- Description de l'horloge monumentale de la cathédrale de Beauvais / conçue & exécutée par M. A. L. Vérité. Imprimerie de Caron fils. 1876.
- Beauvais : un an de travaux pour l'horloge astronomique, Le Parisien,
- Pauline Conradsson : Un casse-tête géant de 90000 pièces, Le Parisien (Oise),
- Mélanie Carnot : L'horloge en pleine renaissance, Le Courrier Picard,
- Stéphanie Vivier : Beauvais/Cathédrale : l'horloge astronomique reprend vie, L'Observateur de Beauvais,
- Beauvais : l'horloge astronomique remise en route, Le Courrier Picard,
- Fanny Dollé : Beauvais : l'horloge repart pour l'éternité, Le Courrier Picard,
- Stéphanie Vivier : Beauvais : Bénédiction de l'horloge astronomique, L'Observateur de Beauvais,
- Stéphanie Vivier : Le cœur de la cathédrale bat de nouveau, L'Observateur de Beauvais,
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