2021
DOI: 10.1007/s00004-021-00551-2
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Cosmology and Precision in the Val d’Aran

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“…In recent years, various authors have worked on the Romanesque churches in the area of Val d'Aran in the Pyrenees [44,45]. Their innovative approach has provided proof of orientation techniques without direct observation of the sun on the horizon [46]. These methods, which can guarantee precise equinoctial orientations, were known by the builders of that period and could have been useful in places with high horizons.…”
Section: Elements In the Landscape: The Orientation Of Christian Chur...mentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In recent years, various authors have worked on the Romanesque churches in the area of Val d'Aran in the Pyrenees [44,45]. Their innovative approach has provided proof of orientation techniques without direct observation of the sun on the horizon [46]. These methods, which can guarantee precise equinoctial orientations, were known by the builders of that period and could have been useful in places with high horizons.…”
Section: Elements In the Landscape: The Orientation Of Christian Chur...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although orientation towards the astronomical equinox is unusual, one example can be found in the nearby region of Val d'Aran. Various researchers have suggested methods based on solar observation and the use of an instrumental set-up to obtain a precise equinoctial direction [46]. According to them, these techniques were already known during the ninth century in southern France and in Ripoll, an influential Spanish village located near the Pyrenees and the French border.…”
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“…[2] (δ)= 0.006918 -0.399912 cos Γ+0.070257 sin Γ-0.006758 cos 2Γ+0,0000907 sin 2Γ-0.002697 cos 3Γ+0.00148 sin 3Γ Γ=2π , siendo J el número de orden del día del año En función del ángulo horario (h) se puede determinar la elevación solar (θ s ) [3] en una hora del día mediante la expresión:…”
Section: Ars Gromatica Siue Geometria Gisemundiunclassified
“…Varios estudios analizan el uso del gnomon como instrumento principal y los diversos métodos que se sirven de esta herramienta, y que pueden encontrarse en la literatura (Lluís i Ginovart et al 2019, 2021a, 2021b. Se trata de una premisa muy sugerente en el caso de iglesias cuyo horizonte a levante es muy elevado como para suponer la observación directa del sol como método de orientación.…”
Section: Ad Orientemunclassified