Detail View: Ars Anatomica: De Octo Capitis Ossibus et futuris haec commenttentibus. Caput VI. Fig.I-III

Work Record ID: 
0041089
Shelfmark: 
Df.1.52
Holding Institution: 
Edinburgh University Library
Catalogue Number: 
310
Title: 
De octo capitis ossibus, et suturis haec committentibus. Caput VI. Fig.I-III
Translated Title: 
The eight bones of the head and the sutures which join them, Chapter 6. Figs:1-3
Creator: 
Vesalius, Andreas (b.1514, d.1564)
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Oporinus, Johannes (b.1507, d.1568)
Creator Role: 
Printer
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: 
Figure 1 shows two bones at the vertex pulled apart so that the structure of the sutures can be seen easily ; figure 2 shows a portion of the skull sawed away so as to reveal that the skull is made of a spongy layer of bone sandwiched between two dense plates ; figure 3 shows the complete skull (with later annotations in ink).
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 020
Related Work Creator: 
Vesalius, Andreas
Related Work Notes: 
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Rights Statement: 
Image © 2005 Edinburgh University Library
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Repro Title: 
De Octo Capitis Ossibus et futuris haec commenttentibus. Caput VI. Fig.I-III
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