Arnault, Henri
Contenu
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Nom
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Arnault, Henri
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Date de mort
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1465
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Lieu de naissance
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Zwolle
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Lieu de mort
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Dijon
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Couverture temporelle
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c. 1427 - 1465
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Couverture spatiale
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Burgundy
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Biographie
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Native of Zwolle (now in the Low Countries, then in the Burgundian realms), Henri Arnault was a pupil of Jean Fusoris (qv). In 1431 the first of several payments to him occurs in the accounts of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy from whom he received an annual pension of 100 livres. Working as a practical mathematician for the Duke, he carried out such tasks as mapping the course of the River Saône and the boundaries of Burgundy, inspecting the salt works at Salins, designing and making one, possibly two, planetary clocks and making at least two sun-dials. He also made, at Tours', 'an instrument of astrology' for Charles VI of France. Living in the parish of St Medard in Dijon from 1433-35, in 1449 he agreed a lease with the chapter of the cathedral of St Etienne. At the same period he was born a son by his wife Huguote. She was presented with a gilt silver gobelet by Philip who stoood god-father to the child. In 1454 Philip ordered a planetary clock. On his death Arnault was buried in the cathedral of St Etienne (1). A surviving manuscript collection of tracts on astronomy, music and horology is written in his hand and includes a design for a double (north-south) astrolabe which may be his work although not all the content is original to him (2). He also worked on siege engines, musical instruments and gem-polishing machines (3).
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Notes biographiques
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1 Poulle 27-8. Le Cerf & Labande xi-xiv; Omont 127-8; Wickerheimer i 274-5.
2 BnF ms latin 7295.
3 Richard passim; White 310.
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Adresse ; enseigne ; période ; source
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Parish of St Medard Dijon
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Identifiant
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653
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