From the Heavens
Uit de hemel
Vom Himmel herab
Z nebes
Dal Cielo
Desde los cielos
Från himlen
Medieval stage machinery in churches
Middeleeuwse podiummachinerie in kerken
Mittelalterliche Bühnenmaschinerie in Kirchen
Středověká jevištní technologie v kostelech
Macchine Sceniche nelle Chiese
Maquinaria escénica medieval en las iglesias
Scenmaskineriet i medeltida kyrkor
Stage mechanics and set construction
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.