Detail View: Ars Anatomica: Caput V. Fig.I-V

Work Record ID: 
0041088
Shelfmark: 
Df.1.52
Holding Institution: 
Edinburgh University Library
Catalogue Number: 
301
Title: 
Prima figura V Capitis. Secunda. Tertia. Quarta. Quinta.
Translated Title: 
The first figure of the fifth chapter. The second. The third. The fourth. The fifth.
Creator: 
Oporinus, Johannes (b.1507, d.1568)
Creator Role: 
Printer
Creator: 
Vesalius, Andreas (b.1514, d.1564)
Creator Role: 
Author
Associate Creator: 
Calcar, Jan Stefan van (b.1499, d.1546-1560)
Associate Creator Name: 
Calcar, Jan Stefan van
Associate Creator Dates: 
b.1499, d.1546-1560
Associate Creator Role: 
Designer
Date: 
1543
Description: 
Different shapes of the skull, seen in profile. The first marginal note, beside the decorated capital H says : The head is shaped for the benefit of the eyes. Book 7 of Galen's de usu partium.'
Work Type: 
Print
Measurement: 
42.5 x 28.5cm (1' 4 3/4" x 11 1/4")
Material: 
Ink
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Woodcut
Subject Category: 
Anatomy
Subject Category: 
Human Body
Subject Category: 
Skeleton
Reference: 
Bird 2339; Cushing VI.A.-I,
Related Work Title: 
De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
Related Work Page No: 
page 018
Related Work Creator: 
Vesalius, Andreas
Related Work Notes: 
Host Item
Rights Statement: 
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Repro Notes: 
page 018
Repro Title: 
Caput V. Fig.I-V
Repro ID Number: 
0041088c
Repro Old ID Number: 
ai0088
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