Chrestien Wechel and Vesalius : twelve unique medical broadsides from the sixteenth century / by Sten G. Lindberg.
- Sten G. Lindberg
- Date:
- 1954
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Chrestien Wechel and Vesalius : twelve unique medical broadsides from the sixteenth century / by Sten G. Lindberg. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(1) [Vesalius, Tab. IV:] HVMANI CORPORIS OSSA PARTE ANTERIORI EX/PRESSA, QVAE NONNVLLI IN DVCENTA QVADRAGINTA OCTO, ALIQVI VERO / in alium numerum redigunt: ego excepto hyoide, quod integrum fere ex sex: ossiculis per synchondrosim unitis conformatur, & sesaminis ducenta & / quadraginta sex putauerim, hoc disticho comprehensa. Printed on a broadsheet 39.7 X 27.8 cm, with a printed area 31 X 25.5 cm, and the height of the skeleton 21.8 cm. The skeleton is to the right, the text to the left. In the centre four Aldine fleurons. (2) [Vesalius, Tab. VI:] 2KEAET0N A TERGO DELINEATVM, IN QVO VIDENTVR / FORMAE, SITVS, ET VERVS NVMERVS OMNIVM OSSIVM CORPORIS/HVMANI; QVAE IBI SVNT. / Ossia fiunt e se- mine, cum id quod in eo crassius, terrestrius, & minus sequax, a calido vrente induratur, sicus lapides coquutur a calido torrefaciente & desiccante. Vide Gal. lib. 1. de semin. Nutriuntur medulla quae / in ipsis continetur. Gal. lib. 3. de nat. facult. Ossium substantia velut stabilimentum ac sedes alijs partibus est subiecta, alibi etiam velut propugnaculum quoddam ac murus. Gal. lib. 16. de vsu partium. Printed with the skeleton to the left and the text to the right, the printed area 31 X 25 cm, and the height of the skeleton 21 cm. In the centre four Aldine fleurons. (3) [Vesalius, Tab. V:] LATERALIS SKEAETOY FIGVRAE DESIGNA¬ TE. / OSSIVM OMNIVM NATVRA PRIMVM PERDISCENDA EST, SIVE IN HVMANO, SIVE IN SIMLE CORPORE, MO -/do possis: pr^staret autem in vtroque. Post ilia mox ad musculorum concisionem pro- perandum. Nam h§ duae corporis partes reliquis omnibus veluti fundamenta subiecta sunt. Deinde li-/cebit quoduis discere primum siue arterias, siue venas, siue neruos. Atque in horum consectionibus versato, viscerum natura, adhqc intestinorum, adipis, & glandularum innotescet: quq / rursus ipsa per se penitus inspicere conuenit. Hunc igitur exercitij ordinem sequi potius suaserim. Gal. anat. adm. lib. 1. [Subscript:] PARISHS, EX OFFICINA CHRISTIANI wECHELI, SVB SCVTO BASILIENSI, IN VICO IACOBAEO. Printed with the text in two columns on either side of the skeleton, with a printed area 32.2 X 26.7 cm, height of the skeleton 21.6 cm. (4) [Vesalius, Tab. Ill:] ARTERIA MAGNA... Printed on a broadsheet, 54 X 39.8 cm, which is bound with the fold in the centre. Printed area 46.5 X 32 cm, the height of the figure 43 cm. Water-mark: Briquet 1255. (5) [Osteotome, left sheet:] Osteotome .i. ossium corporis humani / [Subscript:] VAENIT PARISHS APVD CHRISTIANVM wECHELVM SVB Printed on a broadsheet 47.5 X 27.5 cm, with a printed area 41 X 24.5 cm, and the height of the skeleton 38.8 cm. In binding, 9.5 cm of the lower part of the sheet extended beyond the pages of the book, and were folded in.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30634003_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
