Miracles and machines : a sixteenth-century automaton and its legend / Elizabeth King and W. David Todd ; with photographs by Rosamond Purcell.

"This richly illustrated volume tells the uncanny story of a sixteenth-century automaton and the legend that has grown up around it"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: King, Elizabeth, 1950- (Author)
Todd, W. David (Author)
Corporate Author: Getty Publications (Publisher)
Other Authors: Purcell, Rosamond Wolff (Photographer)
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, California : Getty Publications, [2023]
Subjects:
Robots > Europe > History > 16th century.
Sculpture, European > 16th century.
Art and technology > Europe > History > 16th century.
Monks in art.
Art and technology.
Robots.
Sculpture, European.
Europe.
1500-1599
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:245 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 27 cm
Variant Title:
Sixteenth-century automaton and its legend
Format: Book
Contents:
  • A legend
  • The monk
  • Eight androids
  • A search for origins
  • A machine that prays
  • Appendix. Table of comparisons: eight automata.