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edocfu_9958352402002883
Umfang:
1 online resource (312 pages) :
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illustrations.
Ausgabe:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780812291407
Serie:
The Middle Ages Series
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Abbreviations --
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Introduction. The Persistence of Robots: An Archaeology of Automata --
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Chapter 1. Rare Devices: Geography and Technology --
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Chapter 2. Between Art and Nature: Natura artifex, Neoplatonism, and Literary Automata --
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Chapter 3. Talking Heads: Astral Science, Divination, and Legends of Medieval Philosophers --
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Chapter 4. The Quick and the Dead: Corpses, Memorial Statues, and Automata --
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Chapter 5. From Texts to Technology: Mechanical Marvels in Courtly and Public Pageantry --
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Chapter 6. The Clockwork Universe: Keeping Sacred and Secular Time --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.9783/9780812291407
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812291407
