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Author:
King, Elizabeth, 1950- author.
Title:
Miracles and machines : a sixteenth-century automaton and its legend / Elizabeth King and W. David Todd ; with photographs by Rosamond Purcell.
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press ;
Copyright Date:
©2023
Description:
245 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 27 cm.
Subject:
Robots--Europe--History--16th century.
Sculpture, European--16th century.
Art and technology--Europe--History--16th century.
Monks in art.
Art and technology
Monks in art
Robots
Sculpture, European
Europe
1500-1599
1500-1599.
History
Other Authors:
Todd, W. David, author.
Purcell, Rosamond Wolff, photographer.
Getty Publications, publisher.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A legend -- The monk -- Eight androids -- A search for origins -- A machine that prays -- Appendix. Table of comparisons: eight automata.
Summary:
"This richly illustrated volume tells the uncanny story of a sixteenth-century automaton and the legend that has grown up around it"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1606068393
9781606068397
LCCN:
2023001741
Locations:
CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

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