Gerbert of Aurillac (Pope Sylvester II) as a Clockmaker
Marek Otisk
The paper analyses three preserved reports, depicting Gerbert of Aurillac (also known as: Reims, Ravenna, Bobbio, and in 999–1003 as Pope Sylvester II) a clockmaker. Benedictine monk William Malmesbury (died around 1143) writes about clocks made Reims History the English Kings describes them arte mechanica compositum. Arnold Wion 1610) mentions from where allegedly constructed clepsydra, Tree Life. In his Chronicle, Thietmar Merseburg 1018) horologium with an observation tube (fistula) Magdeburg. These references are analysed historical standpoint especially Williams’s Thietmar’s short reports interpreted possible to timekeeping devices – astrolabe nocturlabe.
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