Jacquemart (clock)

Jacquemart in Nolay , Cote-d'Or, Burgundy

Jacquemart and family at Notre-Dame church in Dijon , Burgundy

Jacquemart ( suitcase word from French Jacques (Jakob) and marteau (hammer)) is the name of a male figure who strikes a bell with a hammer on large tower clocks (bell striker, usually an hour striker). Occasionally Jacquemart is accompanied by a female Jacqueline and his two children, Jacquelin and Jacquelinette .

etymology

It is unclear whether the expression Jacquemart, which is also used in German-speaking countries , can be traced back to a “ Mechanicus ” or to a bell player called “Jacquemart”.

other names

• Quarterback Jack (Engl.)
• Jean de Nivelles (Belgium)

Legend

The Jacquemart of the Saint-Alain Cathedral in Lavaur is said to have been constructed by a prisoner who was sentenced to ring the church bell every hour. In the long breaks in between, he built a machine and disappeared.

distribution

Germany

• Krochhochhaus , Leipzig
• Deiterhaus , food

Belgium

• Jean de Nivelles from the Collegiate Church of St. Gertrude (Nivelles) (15th century)
• Royal Library of Belgium on Mont des Arts in Brussels
• Sint Pieterskirche in Leuven
• Belfry of Kortrijk
• Gaumais Museum in Virton ; the Jacquemart was installed in 1968 in the former recollect convention

France

• Collegiate church of Auffay , Département Seine-Maritime with two jacquemarts: "Houzou Bénard" and "Paquet Sivière"
• Avignon City Hall in a Gothic tower
• Benfeld Town Hall , Bas-Rhin department
• Sainte-Madeleine church in Besançon
• Town hall of Brebières , Pas-de-Calais department
• Town hall tower of Cambrai , with two jacquemarts: "Martin" and "Martine"
• Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Clermont cathedral in Clermont-Ferrand with three-figure Jacquemart "Mars", "Time" and "Faun"
• Town hall of Compiègne ( Oise department ) with three jacquemarts ( picantins )
• Notre-Dame church in Dijon
• The jacquemard (with d ) by Lambesc near Aix-en-Provence
• Saint-Alain Cathedral in Lavaur
• Metzig Tower in Molsheim , Alsace
• Clock tower (also Tour Jacquemart ) in Moulins , Département Allier with 4 people
• The mandarin in the town hall square in Nîmes
• Saint-Martin church in Nolay , Côte-d'Or department
• The Jacquemart tour in Romans-sur-Isère , Drôme department
• Saint-Cyr church in Sargé-sur-Braye , Loir-et-Cher department
• The “blacksmith” on the town hall square in Thiers , Puy-de-Dôme
• Notre-Dame church in Feurs , ( Loire department )

England

• Wimborne Minster , Dorset
• Wells Cathedral

Italy

• Torre dell'Orologio (clock tower) in St. Mark's Square , Venice
• Clock tower on the town hall of Trieste

Literary processing

In the work of William Shakespeare there are several mentions of a bell-striker ( quarter jack ). In the drama Richard III (IV, ii), the king compares his accomplice, Buckingham, to a quarter jack because the latter interrupts his thinking through his repeated disturbances:

Like a Jack you keep'st the stroke

Betwixt thy begging and my meditation.

Web links

Commons : Jacquemarts  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• M. Hanke, Jacquemarts: Little Big Men Striking , at PuristSPro