Medieval robots: mechanism, magic, nature, and art 9780812246971, 9780812291407, 0812291409
Introduction : the persistence of robots : an archaeology of automata -- Rare devices : geography and technology -- Betw
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English Year 2015
Table of contents :
Introduction : the persistence of robots : an archaeology of automata --
Rare devices : geography and technology --
Between art and nature : Natura artifex, neoplatonism, and litrary automata --
Talking heads : astral science, divination, and legends of medieval philosophers --
The quick and the dead : corpses, memorial statues, and automata --
From texts to technology : mechanical marvels in courtly and public pageantry --
The clockwork universe : keeping sacred and secular time.
Introduction : the persistence of robots : an archaeology of automata --
Rare devices : geography and technology --
Between art and nature : Natura artifex, neoplatonism, and litrary automata --
Talking heads : astral science, divination, and legends of medieval philosophers --
The quick and the dead : corpses, memorial statues, and automata --
From texts to technology : mechanical marvels in courtly and public pageantry --
The clockwork universe : keeping sacred and secular time.
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