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Carpal bones

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  • Bones of the human hand and wrist, and of the elbow joint (recto); head of a man (verso). Drawing by a draftsman of the school of Michelangelo.
  • Bones of the human hand and wrist, and of the elbow joint (recto); head of a man (verso). Drawing by a draftsman of the school of Michelangelo.
  • The bones of the hand (fig.1: palmar; fig. 2: dorsal) and the wrist (fig. 3: detail of carpal bones). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
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    The bones of the hand (fig.1: palmar; fig. 2: dorsal) and the wrist (fig. 3: detail of carpal bones). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

    Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711. | Date: 1739] | Reference: 28382i
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    Bones of the human hand and wrist, and of the elbow joint (recto); head of a man (verso). Drawing by a draftsman of the school of Michelangelo.

    Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. | Date: [between 1500 and 1599] | Reference: 44357i
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