镜像时钟 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	镜像时钟
品名（英）	Mirror clock
入馆年号	1917年，17.190.639
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者	Master CR【0 至 1565】
创作年份	公元 1560 - 公元 1575
创作地区
分类	钟表业（Horology）
尺寸	整体: 16 × 6 1/4 × 1 1/4 英寸 (40.6 × 15.9 × 3.2 厘米)
介绍（中）	因其形式与镜子相似而被称为镜子钟，这也被称为怪物钟，因为它类似于奉献主人的容器。早期时钟中的宗教参考反映了文艺复兴时期科学和宇宙与神圣秩序观念的联系。这个时钟显示小时、星期和丰富的天体信息。虽然不是精确的计时员，但早期的时钟因其工艺和技术独创性而受到重视：旨在教育和给人留下深刻印象的奢侈品。除了显示小时外，该时钟的星盘表盘（其部分现已丢失）用于指示北半球二十三颗恒星的视运动，太阳和月亮在黄道十二宫中的位置，以及月亮在其月周期中的年龄和相位。围绕小时章节的凹陷环提供了从 1570 年开始到 1610 年结束的时期的一年中的某一天、圣徒节和其他历法信息。顶部的拨盘用于设置闹钟。表壳的晚期风格主义装饰是纽伦堡钟表的特征。顶端是十九世纪的补充。
介绍（英）	Known as a mirror clock for its form’s similarity to a looking glass, this has also been called a monstrance clock because it resembles the receptacle for the consecrated host. Religious references in early clocks reflect the Renaissance linking of science and the cosmos to the idea of divine order. This clock displays the hours, days, and a wealth of celestial information. Though not accurate timekeepers, early clocks were valued for their craftsmanship and technical ingenuity: luxury items designed to educate and impress. In addition to showing the hours, the astrolabe dial of this clock (parts of which are now missing) was made to indicate the apparent motions of twenty-three stars in the northern hemisphere, the position of the sun and the moon in the zodiac, and the age and phase of the moon in its monthly cycle. The recessed ring encircling the chapter of hours gives the day of the year, saints’ days, and other calendrical information for the period beginning in 1570 and ending in 1610. The dial on top is for setting the alarm. The late Mannerist ornament of the case is characteristic of Nürnberg clocks. The finial is a nineteenth-century addition.