Astronomical clock

The dial of the clock, restored on 25th October 1989, thanks to Alberto Gorla's mastery, can be described starting from its center.
The figure shining in the middle is, according to Pietro Adamo de 'Micheli, the mythological mother of Diana and Apollo, or of the Moon and the Sun. He says it because he claims that her name, Latona, was written above her, also if its attributes are typical of Diana. The crescent moon is on the top of her head, and on the side she has a gentle fawn. Next to the left hand is indicated the moon phase; from the same hand there is a golden ray that indicates a sign of the Zodiac, where the Moon is; the right hand, armed with a falcon, indicates the day of the lunar cycle.
Latona is surrounded by a first record of twenty-nine lunar days, in Arabic numerals, and a second record of twelve zodiac signs. Each sign is then characterized by six shields, which divide it 5 degrees to 5 degrees.
A hand marked by the Sun symbol indicates the zodiac sign of the day.
We can see also twenty-four painted bands, twelve white and twelve black, corresponding to the daytime and night time.
In the middle there is a blue semicircle, fixed to the zodiac from the first degree of Libra to the last of the Pisces, to represent the celestial equator. Finally, the exterior part of the dial is distinguished by the twenty-four hours of the day, painted with latin letters, which naturally correspond to vulgar hours, indicated by another appropriate hand.