From the Heavens
type: Item
label: Uit de hemel @nl
label: Vom Himmel herab @de
label: Z nebes @cs
label: Dal Cielo @it
label: Desde los cielos @es
label: Från himlen @sv
description: Medieval stage machinery in churches
description: Middeleeuwse podiummachinerie in kerken @nl
description: Mittelalterliche Bühnenmaschinerie in Kirchen @de
description: Středověká jevištní technologie v kostelech @cs
description: Macchine Sceniche nelle Chiese @it
description: Maquinaria escénica medieval en las iglesias @es
description: Scenmaskineriet i medeltida kyrkor @sv
Canon story number: 11
Canon story code: A.02
time frame: Middle Ages
Canon story topic: Stage mechanics and set construction
Field: stage mechanics and sets
Link to internal Canonbase page: From_the_Heavens
Link to internal Canonbase page: Uit_de_hemel
Instance of: Canon stories
Canon story description: Religious theatre in the Middle Ages featured not only mortal beings, as in secular theatre, but also devils, angels, God, divine beings, ascensions, miracles. Machines were created to allow the required actions of the performance to be carried out.