Artes mechanicae
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Artes mechanicae (mechanical arts) are a medieval concept of ordered practices or skills, often juxtaposed to the traditional seven liberal arts (artes liberales). Also called "servile" and "vulgar",[1] from antiquity they had been deemed "unbecoming" for a free man, as they minister to basic needs.