COLLECTION NAME:
Ars Anatomica
Record
Work Record ID:
0041222
Shelfmark:
Df.1.52
Holding Institution:
Edinburgh University Library
Catalogue Number:
409
Title:
Decima Quinta Septimi Libri Figura
Translated Title:
Fifteenth Figure of the Seventh 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 figure is an illustration of the pituitary gland with the cut-off optic (A, B) and oculomomotor (G, G) nerve stumps . E marks the pituitary of which the legend says: ' this basin collects the phlegm (pituita) which flows from the third ventricle of the brain'. According to Galen, phlegm then passed from the gland to the nasal cavities to be discharged.
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:
Brain
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 620
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):
87635138
Repro Notes:
page 620
Repro Title:
Decima Quinta Septimi Libri Figura
Repro ID Number:
0041222c
Repro Old ID Number:
ai0222
Repro Rights Statement:
© Edinburgh University Library
Repro Capture Date:
02/08/2004 12:22:00
Decima Quinta Septimi Libri Figura
