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Medieval robots : mechanism, magic, nature, and art / / E. R. Truitt
Medieval robots : mechanism, magic, nature, and art / / E. R. Truitt
Autore Truitt Elly Rachel
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (296 p.)
Disciplina 629.8
Collana Middle Ages Series
Soggetto topico Machine theory - 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
Robots - History - To 1500
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-8122-2357-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- 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
Record Nr. UNINA-9910463622003321
Truitt Elly Rachel  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2015
Materiale a stampa
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Medieval robots : mechanism, magic, nature, and art / / E. R. Truitt
Medieval robots : mechanism, magic, nature, and art / / E. R. Truitt
Autore Truitt Elly Rachel
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (296 p.)
Disciplina 629.8
Collana Middle Ages Series
Soggetto topico Machine theory - 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
Robots - History - To 1500
Soggetto non controllato History
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
ISBN 0-8122-2357-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- 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
Record Nr. UNINA-9910788125303321
Truitt Elly Rachel  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2015
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Medieval robots : mechanism, magic, nature, and art / / E. R. Truitt
Medieval robots : mechanism, magic, nature, and art / / E. R. Truitt
Autore Truitt Elly Rachel
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (296 p.)
Disciplina 629.8
Collana Middle Ages Series
Soggetto topico Machine theory - 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
Robots - History - To 1500
Soggetto non controllato History
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
ISBN 0-8122-2357-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- 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
Record Nr. UNINA-9910817606303321
Truitt Elly Rachel  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2015
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui