Gerbert of Aurillac (Pope Sylvester II) as a Clockmaker by Marek Otisk

“…The paper analyses three preserved reports, depicting Gerbert of Aurillac (also known as: of Reims, of Ravenna, of Bobbio, and in 999–1003 as Pope Sylvester II) as a clockmaker. The Benedictine monk William of Malmesbury (died around 1143) writes about clocks Gerbert made in Reims in The History of the English Kings and describes them as arte mechanica compositum. …”
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A Contribution to the History of Clockmaking in Karlovac in the 18th and 19th Centuries by Sanda Kočevar, Igor Čulig

Subjects: “…clockmakers…”
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A bear and a clockmaker: on origins of “Russian bear” stereotype in Switzerland in the second half of the 19th century by Magdalena Żakowska

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Progress versus tradition – traditional craftsmanship and attempts at industrial tower clock production in the Czech lands in the 19th century by David Knespl

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André Vermare et Paul Guadet. La noblesse de l’utile. Expérimenter ensemble les emblèmes d’une architecture publique à vocation technique by Guy Lambert

“…Their most emblematic collaboration for the ornamented facade of the École nationale d’horlogerie (the national clockmaking school) between 1925 and 1933 in Besançon can be seen as the result of a commission launched at least two decades earlier. …”
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