Tabula exhibens insigniora maris viscera (video)

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Title:
Tabula exhibens insigniora maris viscera (video)
Date:
1550 to 1586?
Description:

  • Male anatomical figure with three flaps including and below the torso, within a single-ruled border, surrounded at the left and bottom with text; woodcut illustrations surround the figure; organs with alphabetical (Greek and Latin) references to explanatory text at the foot of the page (with caption: Particularium figurarum designatio).

  • Description based on imperfect copy; originally issued with two other leaves: a female figure and skelton.

  • The text varies slightly from the two other SchoÃànborn editions (Carlino 34, 36)

  • The figure has the features of Vesalius. Cf. Carlino.

  • Text and figure within a decorative border; woodcut initial.

  • Not in VD 16 (online).

  • Torn at bottom-left corner with loss of text, including the last part of the imprint.

  • Referenced by: Carlino, A. Paper bodies, 35.

  • Video demonstration of a previous web interface for viewing this item. View the still image version here: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4qj7g08d.

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Format:
Publisher:
Vvitebergae : in gratiam studiosae inuentutis discentis elementa doctrinae Anatomicae in libello de Anima, edita à Barth. Schonbornio, [between 1550 and 1586?]
Language:
Extent:
1 print : woodcuts ; 43 x 33 cm
Digital Collection:
Anatomical Fugitive Sheets
Catalog Record:
https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE006071470
Provenance:
Josiah C. Trent Collection. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)
Rights:
Free Re-Use
Public Domain
Related Resources:
See below
Identifier:
  • 006071470
  • fgsms01004-final_default
  • ark:/87924/r4pk0fb00
  • 59d8e516-6cc0-4889-b7a3-794a0c9d98f1
Permalink:
https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4pk0fb00
Sponsor:
Adopted by Harsha Murthy T'81 in memory of M.S.N. Murthy, M.D.