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making twenty-four little images, 11s. Also for 200 Caen stones, 22s. Also to John, blacksmith, for ironwork for the clock, 3s. 9d, Also delivered to Robert of the Tower, for making of the great dial, 10s; and so much in danger of being lost, because from his poverty he was unable to perfect the work, nor was any thing to be obtained from him. Total, £6. 13s. 9¼.
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324:" or clock-jacks. Built for use indoors, they are 51 centimetres (20 in) high, helmeted and in Jacobean era costume, with hammers to strike the bells. The jacks were removed after it was decided that "their curious movements" were too distracting during
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moon, a sun (gilt copper) and brass pointers on the interior dial, which was painted on a panel and located under the exterior one. The dial was completed after having been originally wrecked by the clockmaker Robert de Turri, who became
109:" or clock-jacks have survived. The jacks were sold in around 1800, but were returned to the cathedral in 1878. They are located above the southern exit door, close to the original position of the astronomical clock.
94: moon and sun painted on the panel. There were images on the dial that may have represented the hours; 30 other images represented the days of the month. The clock's costs were recorded by the
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The medieval clock was destroyed by fire in the 17th century, and was replaced by a simpler one in around 1620. A painting made in around 1630 (known to exist in
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The new clock was built to a high artistic standard. The exterior dial was made of an iron plate that weighed 39 kilograms (86 lb). There was a painted and
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to have been on the dial possibly represented each of the 24 hours in a day; another 30 images represented the days of the month.
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at the cathedral. Briggs travelled around the region and used the jacks when working as an entertainer, singing and putting on a
125:. The reference to a payment for a mechanical clock at the priory, dated 1273, is the first to occur in England. A clock at
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90:. It was built to a high artistic standard—the exterior dial weighed 39 kilograms (86 lb) and the interior dial had a
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