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              Work Record ID: 
             
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              0041388
             
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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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              586
             
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              Title: 
             
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              Function of Ligament to Retain Tendons (figure untitled)
             
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              Variant Title: 
             
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              Function of Ligament to Retain Tendons (untitled illustration)
             
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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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              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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              Franceschi, Francesco dei (active 1558-1599)
             
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              Creator Role: 
             
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              Printer
             
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              Date: 
             
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              1568
             
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              Description: 
             
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              This is a small figure to illustrate the function of certain ligaments such as the transverse ligament of the ankle in preventing tendons from rising out of their beds during muscle contraction.
             
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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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              Ligaments
             
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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 167
             
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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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              91720096
             
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              Repro Notes: 
             
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              page 167
             
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              Repro Title: 
             
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              [Function of Ligament to Retain Tendons]
             
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              Repro ID Number: 
             
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              0041388c
             
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              Repro Old ID Number: 
             
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              ai0388
             
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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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              25/03/2004 18:42:00
             
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