Daily Medieval

The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as Salisbury Cathedral, is noted for having the tallest church spire in England,...

What constitutes a "clock"? The Latin horologium  could refer to a clock or a timepiece of a sundial or the building or structure ...

In researching the previous post, I came across a reference to Pope Sylvester II (formerly Gerbert d'Aurillac, c.946 - 1003) inventing t...

The "wooden terrestrial spheres" mentioned here are what we now call "armillary spheres." An armillary is a spherical a...

A city without bells is like a blind man without a stick. —Rabelais Rabelais (c.1494-1553) was a little late for this blog, but his state...

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know: if I wish to explain it to one that asketh, I know not: yet I say boldly that I know, that i...