List of 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: Automata, Memorial Statues, and Corpses Chapter 5. From Texts to Technology: Mechanical Marvels in Courtly and Public Pageantry Chapter 6.
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