Name: The Trail of Time: Time Measurement With Incense in East Asia (en Inglés)
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Author: Bedini, Silvio A.
ISBN: 9780521021630

portada The Trail of Time: Time Measurement With Incense in East Asia (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Silvio A. Bedini

Editorial

Cambridge University Press

Año

2005

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

368

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

24.6 x 18.9 x 1.9 cm

Peso

0.66 kg.

ISBN

0521021634

ISBN13

9780521021630

Categorías

Asia
La industria manufacturera
Historia general y del mundo
Historia de asia

The Trail of Time: Time Measurement With Incense in East Asia (en Inglés)

Silvio A. Bedini (Autor) · Cambridge University Press · Tapa Blanda

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This book is a scholarly study of a virtually unknown aspect of the history of horology (timekeeping), compiled from Chinese and Japanese historical and literary records, some of which are translated and published here for the first time. Incense timekeepers played an important role in early Chinese social and technological history, in addition to their use for time measurement. They were used in temples for religious rites, in agricultural regions for regulating water for irrigation, in palaces and government offices, and in the studies of scholars. A fascinating compendium of knowledge about a neglected aspect of Oriental culture, this book will appeal not only to historians of China and Japan, but to the growing number of collectors and museum curators who are interested in incense clocks. It is illustrated with black and white halftones of a large number of the clocks, which are renowned for their beauty of design and quality of workmanship. The book also includes a catalogue of incense clocks which have appeared in auction houses and museums.