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Prague Astronomical Clock
the Orloj
also: Rathausuhr, Old Town Hall clock
The medieval astronomical clock on Prague's Old Town Hall, whose hourly procession includes a skeleton Death tolling a bell, a miser, and a crowing cock.
Reading notes
- Early Poems §87 Town-Hall clock
The astronomical clock (Orloj) on Prague's Old Town Hall; on the hour its skeleton Death tolls a bell, the Miser shakes his head, and a cock crows.