Inscription from the Bible
The clock was probably commissioned by a prelate or a religious person because on the mechanism is engraved the Latin inscription which refers to Psalm 34 of the Bible IVDICA DOMINE NOCENTES ME PSAL 34: “Ipsi David. Judica, Domine, nocentes me; expugna impugnantes me”.
Meaning: “Judge thou, O Lord, them that wrong me: overthrow them that fight against me”.
The mechanism has a twin-train spring-driven movement with square plates united by four vase-shaped pillars pinned through the backplate with engraved foliate border, the going train with pivotted verge escapement and short bob pendulum (the cock decorated with a mascherone), striking the quarters on a single bell and hammer, the latter mounted on a sprung arbor which moves the head to strike a larger bell to sound the hours. Together with the original bracket.
