Detail View: Ars Anatomica: [Title Page]
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Work Record ID:
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0041085
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Shelfmark:
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Df.1.52
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Holding Institution:
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Edinburgh University Library
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Catalogue Number:
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423
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Title:
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Title page : 'Andreae Vesalii / Bruxellensis, Scholae / medicorum Patavinae professoris, de / Humani corporis fabrica / Libri septem.'
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Translated Title:
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On the structure of the human body, seven books. By Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, Professor in the medical school of Padua.
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Creator:
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Oporinus, Johannes (b.1507, d.1568)
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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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Associate Creator:
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Calcar, Jan Stefan van (b.1499, d.1546-1560)
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Associate Creator Name:
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Calcar, Jan Stefan van
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Associate Creator Dates:
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b.1499, d.1546-1560
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Associate Creator Role:
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Designer
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Date:
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1543
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Description:
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The work is universally known to the modern world as the 'Fabrica of Vesalius'. This is the first edition. It - and the subsequent second edition of 1555 - were printed in Basel by the humanist publisher and Professor The work is universally known to the modern world as the 'Fabrica of Vesalius'. This is the first edition. It - and the subsequent second edition of 1555 - were printed in Basel by the humanist publisher and Professor of Greek Johannes Oporinus. The text in the scroll at the bottom of the page reads : [Published with] thanks to and privilege from, the Holy Roman Emperor [Charles V], the King of France and the Senate of Venice as is set out in their certificates'. This is one of the most famous title pages in renaissance printing. Space does not permit any adequate analysis here, but a point of note is that, in spite of the superficial appearance of an anatomy in a neo-classical interior, the anatomy is in fact being conducted in the open air in a temporary structure. Traditionally, anatomies are illustrated with the teacher or professor seated above the scene of action, the dissection being carried out by an assistant (often a surgeon) and a demonstrator indicating structures with a pointer. The teacher is often shown reading from a text the description of the parts. Here, Vesalius is shown carrying out the anatomy with his own hands and we know that this is indeed how he taught; a set of notes by a German medical student, Baldasar Heseler, made at a series of anatomical demonstrations that Vesalius gave in Bologna in 1540 has survived. (Transcription of Latin notes & English translation published by Erikson, 1959).
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Work Type:
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Print
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Measurement:
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42.5 x 28.5cm (1' 4 3/4" x 11 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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Reference:
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Bird 2339; Cushing VI.A.-I,
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Related Work Title:
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De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
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Related Work Page No:
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title page
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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 Edinburgh University Library
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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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95616149
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Repro Notes:
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title page
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Repro Title:
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[Title Page]
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Repro ID Number:
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0041085c
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Repro Old ID Number:
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ai0085
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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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28/07/2004 09:43:00
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