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De humani corporis fabrica. Epitome, CCF.46.36 De humani corporis fabrica. Epitome, CCF.46.36 (frontispiece)
Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)1543
Cambridge University Library
Cambridge, United Kingdom
The publication of Vesalius’s Seven books on the fabric of the human body and its companion Epitome is a key moment in the revival of anatomical study. Vesalius used the work to promote the value of dissection, a skill he learned as a student and practised as a lecturer in surgery at the University of Padua.
The frontispiece to Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica shows his anatomy theatre, with the author at the centre of the image,surrounded by figures of Galen, Hippocrates and Aristotle.
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- Title: De humani corporis fabrica. Epitome, CCF.46.36 De humani corporis fabrica. Epitome, CCF.46.36 (frontispiece)
- Creator: Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564), Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)
- Date Created: 1543, 1543
- Location Created: Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland
- Physical Dimensions: [27] pages : illustrations ; 57 cm (folio), [27] pages : illustrations ; 57 cm (folio)
- Type: Book, Book
- Rights: Cambridge University Library, Cambridge University Library
- Medium: Paper, hand coloured woodcuts, Paper, hand coloured woodcuts
- View the fully digitised item in Cambridge Digital Library using this link: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-CCF-00046-00036/1, https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-CCF-00046-00036/1
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