Detail View: Ars Anatomica: Secunda Pagina Figurarum Capitalium

Work Record ID: 
0041343
Shelfmark: 
Aa 3.14
Holding Institution: 
Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
Catalogue Number: 
541
Title: 
Secunda Pagina Figurarum Capitalium
Translated Title: 
Second Page of Figures of Heads
Creator: 
Wechel, Andreas (active 1535-1572; 1535-1581)
Creator Role: 
Printer
Creator: 
Grévin, Jacques (b.Circa 1538, d.1570)
Creator Role: 
Editor
Creator: 
Geminus, Thomas (b.Circa 1510, d.1562)
Creator Role: 
Author
Date: 
1564
Description: 
Hemispheres retracted laterally to show corpus callosumt. Horizontal section through brain at level of lateral ventricles. A cut hemisphere showing lateral ventricle. Horizontal section with cerebrum removed showing optic chiasma and upper surface of cerebellum. View of cranial cavity with only (damaged) brainstem and some cranial nerves remaining. This is a composite plate that derives from pages 607, 608, 618 and 619 of Vesalius 1543. It is a later state of the plate in Geminus 1552, ai0080.
Work Type: 
Print
Measurement: 
22 x 33.1cm (8 11/16" x 1' 1 1/16")
Material: 
Ink
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Engraving
Subject Category: 
Anatomy
Subject Category: 
Brain
Subject Category: 
Human Body
Reference: 
Bird 1038; Cushing VI.C.-5,
Related Work Title: 
Anatomes totius, aere insculpta delineatio, cui addita est epitome innumeris mendis repurgata, quam De corporis humani fabrica conscripsit, clariss
Related Work Page No: 
plate 34
Related Work Creator: 
Geminus, Thomas
Related Work Notes: 
Host Item
Rights Statement: 
Image © 2005 Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
77688807
Repro Notes: 
plate 34
Repro Title: 
Secunda Pagina Figurarum Capitalium
Repro ID Number: 
0041343c
Repro Old ID Number: 
ai0343
Repro Rights Statement: 
© Edinburgh University Library
Repro Capture Date: 
04/08/2004 10:22:00