COLLECTION NAME:
Ars Anatomica
Record
Work Record ID:
0041449
Shelfmark:
E 10.27
Holding Institution:
Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
Catalogue Number:
647
Title:
Vigesimasexta Quinti Libri Figura, Vigesimasettima Quinti Libri Figura
Translated Title:
Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Figures of Book 5
Creator:
Franceschi, Francesco dei (active 1558-1599)
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Vesalius, Andreas (b.1514, d.1564)
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Criegher, Johann (active 1566-1584)
Creator Role:
Wood engraver
Date:
1568
Description:
Figure 26 shows the uterus together with the membranes binding it to the peritoneum, excised from the body. Figure 27 This famous - or infamous - illustration has been said to resemble the male genitalia. This is nonsense, credible only by those who have no anatomical knowledge. In fact, it is, as Vesalius says, a dissection in which the whole female genitalia except the ovaries have been removed from the body as a cylindrical core, then the uterus opened and the bladder cut off from the front of the vagina. At the bottom are the undissected labia and pubes still bearing their hair. The dissection is certainly unusual. The specimen was obtained by robbing the recent grave of a monk's mistress - female bodies for dissection were not abundant - and the cylindrical specimen was hastily cut out and removed and the body dismembered to prevent its recognition by outraged relatives. These figures ultimately derive from pages 480 and 481 of Vesalius 1543.
Work Type:
Print
Measurement:
29.9 x 21cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/4")
Material:
Ink
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Woodcut
Subject Category:
Anatomy
Subject Category:
Human Body
Subject Category:
Reproduction
Reference:
Bird 2347; Cushing VI.A.-4,
Related Work Title:
De humani corporis fabrica, libri septem. Cum Indice rerum & uerborum memorabilium locupletissimo
Related Work Page No:
page 369
Related Work Creator:
Vesalius, Andreas
Related Work Notes:
Host Item
Rights Statement:
Image © 2005 Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
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Repro Notes:
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Repro Title:
Vigesimasexta Quinti Libri Figura, Vigesimasettima Quinti Libri Figura
Repro ID Number:
0041449c
Repro Old ID Number:
ai0449
Repro Rights Statement:
© Edinburgh University Library
Repro Capture Date:
19/01/2004 13:49:00
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