Detail View: Ars Anatomica: Ligament. Caput I. Fig. I

Work Record ID: 
0041145
Shelfmark: 
Df.1.52
Holding Institution: 
Edinburgh University Library
Catalogue Number: 
318
Title: 
[ Quid ligamentum, ac quis ligamenti usus & differentia. ] Capitis prima figura.
Translated Title: 
What a ligament is, and what are the uses of ligaments and the differences between them. [ Chapter title on previous page ]The first figure of the chapter.
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: 
This figure demonstrates, according to Vesalius's legend on the previous page, 'just about all the different types of ligament at once in the whole ensemble of the femur, tibia and fibula with their connecting liagaments ...'
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: 
Ligaments
Reference: 
Bird 2339; Cushing VI.A.-I,
Related Work Title: 
De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
Related Work Page No: 
page 214
Related Work Creator: 
Vesalius, Andreas
Related Work Notes: 
Host Item
Rights Statement: 
Image © 2005 Edinburgh University Library
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page 214
Repro Title: 
Ligament. Caput I. Fig. I
Repro ID Number: 
0041145c
Repro Old ID Number: 
ai0145
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