Flying Machines
Type:
Later Illusionistic (17th Century) Palatina Manuscript Flying Machine
Manuscript 3708 at the Biblioteca Palatina includes a drawing that shows several flying machines that may be placed anywhere onstage and do not require masking the apparatus with clouds. One of the devices consists of a sled with a graduated shaft that can be pulled across the overhead beam of the theatre.
Palatina MS Mercury Flying Machine
Grants
This material is made possible, in part, by a grant from the New Initiatives Fund, United States Institute for Theatre Technology and by grants from the University Research Council, Cratis D. Williams Graduate School, Appalachian State University.
Contact
Dr. Frank Mohler
Department of Theatre & Dance
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
mohlerfc@appstate.edu
