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Horologium

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Horologium [‚hȯr·ə′lō·jē·əm]
(astronomy)
A constellation with right ascension 3 hours, declination 60° south. Also known as Clock.

Horologium 

(the Clock), a constellation of the southern hemisphere; its brightest star has a visual stellar magnitude of 3.9. The constellation is most easily viewed in November; it is partly visible from the southern regions of the USSR. (SeeSTELLAR SKY.)



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Next comes the Horoscopus carrying the horologium or sun-dial (the Zodiac sign was first invented in Egypt; the first known zodiac was looted by Napoleon, it now hangs in the Musee du Louvre, Paris) followed by the Hierogrammat with feathers on their heads and papyrus (books) in their right hands, and the Pastophori carrying the symbol of the coiled serpent (or the original caduceus, the medical symbol).
Horologium Sapientiae, Roman de la Rose, Le Pelerinage de la vie humaine) offer insight into the worldview of Bosch's late medieval public.
Moreover, the specific calendar date evokes calendar time itself, referring to the authority of Augustus' horologium (see the plate on p.
 
 
 
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