Astronomical Clock, PaduaOrologio astrario di piazza dei Signori, PadovaThe Libra sign is missing du
Astronomical Clock, PaduaOrologio astrario di piazza dei Signori, PadovaThe Libra sign is missing due to the use of the pre-Roman Zodiacal system, which united the constellations of Scorpio and Libra. The two halves of Libra were seen as the Scorpio’s claws and later became the scales, but even today the name of the two most luminous stars in Libra are the Arabic names for ‘northern claw’ and ‘southern claw’.Right below the clock there’s the Lion of Saint Mark, a representation of Mark the Evangelist in the form of a winged lion holding a Bible (symbol of the city of Venice and formerly of the Venetian Republic). -- source link
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