COLLECTION NAME:
Ars Anatomica
Record
Work Record ID:
0041194
Shelfmark:
Df.1.52
Holding Institution:
Edinburgh University Library
Catalogue Number:
375
Title:
[Organis Nutritioni,] Vigesimaquinta Quinti Libri Figura.
Translated Title:
Organs of Digestion, Twenty Fifth Figure of the Fifth Book
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:
This plate shows the female torso with the skin of the right breast stripped away. The bladder has been turned forward and to the right to expose the uterus and ovaries and vagina. See Saunders & O'Malley for comments on the 16th century opinions on the functions of the female reproducive organs.
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:
Reproduction
Reference:
Bird 2339; Cushing VI.A.-I,
Related Work Title:
De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
Related Work Page No:
page 478
Related Work Creator:
Vesalius, Andreas
Related Work Notes:
Host Item
Rights Statement:
Image © 2005 Edinburgh University Library
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
84247864
Repro Notes:
page 478
Repro Title:
Organis Nutritioni, Vigesimaquinta Quinti Libri Figura.
Repro ID Number:
0041194c
Repro Old ID Number:
ai0194
Repro Rights Statement:
© Edinburgh University Library
Repro Capture Date:
30/07/2004 12:07:00
Organis Nutritioni, Vigesimaquinta Quinti Libri Figura.
