Photo 2 -Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo). Over the door is this truly enormous 24-hour clock with a single hand. It was made in 1443 and was painted with four frescoes of Prophets by Paolo Uccello. It is a liturgical clock, which calculates the 24 hours from Sunset the previous day, a timetable called hora italica (Italian time) which was used until the 18th century. This is one of the few clocks still in existence and in working order from that time, and one of the very few liturgical clocks. Below the clock is a mosaic by Gaddo Gaddi (father of Taddeo Gaddi) “Coronation of the Virgin”, dated 1307. It is one of the very few works of his which survive. The frescoes beside the mosaic were painted by Santi di Tito and depict “Music-making Angels” (1570s).
Posted on: Sun, 18 May 2014 14:09:09 +0000
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