@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt14jxw3m.7, ISBN = {9780812246971}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt14jxw3m.7}, abstract = {Gervase of Tilbury, recording the marvels of Vergil in hisOtia imperialia, made it clear that they were not the work of God, but were instead due to Vergil’s skills in thequadrivium:We have not written this so that we might favor the sect of the Sadducees, who said that all things were dependent on God and … on fate and the accidents of fortune, for all things are ordered by God’s will alone, as it is written: “All things are in your power, and there is none that can resist your will,” etc.; but instead out of wonder}, bookauthor = {E. R. Truitt}, booktitle = {Medieval Robots: Mechanism, Magic, Nature, and Art}, pages = {69--95}, publisher = {University of Pennsylvania Press}, title = {Talking Heads: Astral Science, Divination, and Legends of Medieval Philosophers}, year = {2015} }