Article ID: CBB001551916

Metrics of Justice (2015)

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Behrmann, Carolin (Author)


Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza
Volume: 30, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 161-194


Publication Date: 2015
Edition Details: Part of a Series: Iconography on Scientific Instruments
Language: English

This paper examines a polyhedral dial from the British Museum made by the instrument maker Ulrich Schniep, and discusses the status of multifunctional scientific instruments. It discerns a multifaceted iconic meaning considering different dimensions such as scientific functionality (astronomy), the complex allegorical figure of Justice (iconography), and the representation of the sovereign (politics), the court and the Kunstkammer of Albrecht V of Bavaria. As a numen mixtum the figure of “Justicia” touches different fields that go far beyond pure astronomical measurement and represents the power of the ruler as well as the rules of economic justice.

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Description Examines “a polyhedral dial from the British Museum made by the instrument maker Ulrich Schniep.”


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Authors & Contributors
Meskens, Ad
Pinto, Karen C.
Ackermann, Silke
Turner, Gerard L'Estrange
Taylor, Katie
Serrano, Juan D.
Concepts
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Astronomy
Patronage
Measuring instruments
Telescopes
Iconography
Time Periods
16th century
17th century
Renaissance
Early modern
15th century
Medieval
Places
Europe
Prague (Czechia)
Belgium
Saxony
England
Northern Europe
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