Detail View: Ars Anatomica: Vigesimaseptima Quinti Libri Figura.
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Work Record ID:
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0041196
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Shelfmark:
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Df.1.52
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Holding Institution:
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Edinburgh University Library
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Catalogue Number:
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378
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Title:
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Vigesimaseptima Quinti Libri Figura.
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Translated Title:
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Twenty Seventh Figure of the Fifth Book
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Creator:
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Vesalius, Andreas (b.1514, d.1564)
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Oporinus, Johannes (b.1507, d.1568)
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Associate Creator:
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Calcar, Jan Stefan van (b.1499, d.1546-1560)
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Associate Creator Name:
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Calcar, Jan Stefan van
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Associate Creator Dates:
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b.1499, d.1546-1560
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Associate Creator Role:
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Designer
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Date:
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1543
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Description:
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This famous - or infamous - illustration has been said to resemble the male genitalia. This is nonsense, credible only by those who have no anatomical knowledge. In fact, it is, as Vesalius says, a dissection in which the whole female genitalia except the ovaries have been removed from the body as a cylindrical core, then the uterus opened and the bladder cut off from the front of the vagina. At the bottom are the undissected labia and pubes still bearing their hair. The dissection is certainly unusual. The specimen was obtained by robbing the recent grave of a monk's mistress - female bodies for dissection were not abundant - and the cylindrical specimen was hastily cut out and removed and the body dismembered to prevent its recognition by outraged relatives.
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Work Type:
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Print
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Measurement:
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42.5 x 28.5cm (1' 4 3/4" x 11 1/4")
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Material:
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Ink
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Woodcut
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Subject Category:
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Anatomy
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Subject Category:
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Human Body
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Subject Category:
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Reproduction
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Reference:
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Bird 2339; Cushing VI.A.-I,
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Related Work Title:
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De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
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Related Work Page No:
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page 481
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Related Work Creator:
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Vesalius, Andreas
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Related Work Notes:
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Host Item
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Rights Statement:
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Image © 2005 Edinburgh University Library
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Repro File Type:
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Cropped Tiff
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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86664792
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Repro Notes:
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page 481
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Repro Title:
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Vigesimaseptima Quinti Libri Figura.
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Repro ID Number:
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0041196c
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Repro Old ID Number:
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ai0196
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Repro Rights Statement:
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© Edinburgh University Library
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Repro Capture Date:
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30/07/2004 12:11:00
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