Detail View: Ars Anatomica: Organis Nutritioni, figura tanta humani corporis portio delineatur, quanta ad peritonaes sedes ostendendas sufficit.

Work Record ID: 
0041177
Shelfmark: 
Df.1.52
Holding Institution: 
Edinburgh University Library
Catalogue Number: 
357
Title: 
Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis, de humani corporis fabrica liber quintus, organis nutritioni ...
Translated Title: 
Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, book five of his De humani corporis fabrica, of the organs of nutrition ...[Figure legend:] In the present figure is shown part of the human body, sufficient to demonstrate the position of the peritoneum : the figure also shows the position of the anterior part of the peritoneum in the course of the dissection, freed from eight abdominal muscles but not itself dissected.
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: 
In this plate the outer surface of the peritoneum is exposed but it has not yet been incised to reveal the abdominal contents. See also Saunders & O' Malley.
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: 
Digestion
Subject Category: 
Human Body
Reference: 
Bird 2339; Cushing VI.A.-I,
Related Work Title: 
De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
Related Work Page No: 
page 455
Related Work Creator: 
Vesalius, Andreas
Related Work Notes: 
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Rights Statement: 
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Repro Title: 
Organis Nutritioni, figura tanta humani corporis portio delineatur, quanta ad peritonaes sedes ostendendas sufficit.
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