Detail View: Ars Anatomica: Vigesimasexta Quinti Libri Figura, Vigesimasettima Quinti Libri Figura
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Work Record ID:
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0041449
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Shelfmark:
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E 10.27
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Holding Institution:
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Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
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Catalogue Number:
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647
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Title:
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Vigesimasexta Quinti Libri Figura, Vigesimasettima Quinti Libri Figura
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Translated Title:
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Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Figures of Book 5
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Creator:
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Franceschi, Francesco dei (active 1558-1599)
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Creator:
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Vesalius, Andreas (b.1514, d.1564)
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Criegher, Johann (active 1566-1584)
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Creator Role:
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Wood engraver
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Date:
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1568
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Description:
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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.
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Work Type:
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Print
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Measurement:
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29.9 x 21cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/4")
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Material:
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Ink
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Woodcut
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Subject Category:
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Anatomy
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Subject Category:
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Human Body
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Subject Category:
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Reproduction
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Reference:
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Bird 2347; Cushing VI.A.-4,
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Related Work Title:
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De humani corporis fabrica, libri septem. Cum Indice rerum & uerborum memorabilium locupletissimo
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Related Work Page No:
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page 369
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Related Work Creator:
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Vesalius, Andreas
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Related Work Notes:
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Host Item
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Rights Statement:
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Image © 2005 Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
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Repro File Type:
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Cropped Tiff
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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86119916
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Repro Notes:
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page 369
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Repro Title:
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Vigesimasexta Quinti Libri Figura, Vigesimasettima Quinti Libri Figura
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Repro ID Number:
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0041449c
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Repro Old ID Number:
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ai0449
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Repro Rights Statement:
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© Edinburgh University Library
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Repro Capture Date:
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19/01/2004 13:49:00
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