In the 15th century, Satanic automata wigged out churchgoers
Automata were… theologically and culturally familiar, things with which one could be on easy terms. They were funny, sometimes bawdy, and they were everywhere… Mechanical devils were…rife. Poised in sacristies, they made horrible faces, howled and stuck out their tongues to instill fear in the hearts of sinners. The Satan-machines rolled their eyes and flailed…
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Joanna Ebenstein - Morbid Anatomy
