Medieval robots : mechanism, magic, nature, and art /
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| Author / Creator: | Truitt, Elly Rachel, author. |
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| Imprint: | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015] |
| Description: | x, 255 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Middle Ages series Middle Ages series. |
| Subject: | Robots -- History -- To 1500. Automata -- History -- To 1500. Mechanical toys -- History -- To 1500. Mechanical engineering -- History -- To 1500. Civilization, Medieval. Nature and civilization -- History -- To 1500. Magic -- History -- To 1500. Imagination -- History -- To 1500. Automat. Roboter. Civilization, Medieval. Imagination. Machine theory. Magic. Mechanical engineering. Mechanical toys. Nature and civilization. Robots. History. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10396456 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction. The Persistence of Robots: An Archaeology of Automata
- Chapter 1. Rare Devices: Geography and Technology
- Chapter 2. Between Art and Nature: Natura artifex, Neoplatonism, and Literary Automata
- Chapter 3. Talking Heads: Astral Science, Divination, and Legends of Medieval Philosophers
- Chapter 4. The Quick and the Dead: Corpses, Memorial Statues, and Automata
- Chapter 5. From Texts to Technology: Mechanical Marvels in Courtly and Public Pageantry
- Chapter 6. The Clockwork Universe: Keeping Sacred and Secular Time
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments
