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The four figures flanking the clock are set in motion on the hour, and represent four things that were despised at the time of the clock's making. From left to right in the photographs, the first is [[Vanitas|Vanity]], represented by a figure admiring himself in a mirror. Next, the [[miser]] holding a [[Money bag|bag of gold]] represents [[greed]] or [[usury]]. Across the clock stands [[Death (personification)|Death]], a skeleton that strikes the time upon the hour. Finally, there is a Turkish figure representing [[lust]] and earthly pleasures. On the hour, the skeleton rings the bell and immediately all other figures shake their heads side to side, signifying their unreadiness "to go".

Every hour of the day, twelve statues of [[Apostles in the New Testament|Apostles]] with its attributes appear at the doorways above the clock. The left and right windows above the astronomical clock slide aside to reveal the Apostles as viewed from the square in this order: [[James the Less]] and [[Saint Peter|Peter]], [[Andrew the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[MatthewSaint the ApostleMatthias|MatthewMatthias]], [[Jude the Apostle|Thaddeus]] and [[Philip the Apostle|Philip]], [[Thomas the Apostle|Thomas]] and [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]], [[John the Evangelist|John]] and [[Simon the Zealot|Simon]], [[Barnabas]] and [[Bartholomew the Apostle|Bartholomew]]. Unlike the list of the Twelve Apostles mentioned in the canonical gospels there are, [[James the Great]] and [[SaintMatthew Matthiasthe Apostle|MatthiasMatthew]] are missing, replaced by PaulMatthias and Barnabas.

== Calendar ==