Medieval Robots: Mechanism, Magic, Nature, and Art (2015) .. by Elly R. Truitt
Contents
List of Abbreviations
Introduction. The Persistence of Robots: An Archaeology
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