The Anatomy of the Eye
From Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica, Basel, 1543, p. 643. a, Crystalline humour; o, Albugineous humour; c, Vitreous humour; n, Cornea; q, Conjunctiva; m, Sclerotica; g, Secundina; h, Uvea; k, Arachnoidea; e, Retina.
The Microcosm
The idea of a close parallelism between the structure of man and of the wider universe was gradually abandoned by the scientific, while among the unscientific it degenerated and became little better than an insane obsession. As such it appears in the ingenious ravings of the English follower of Paracelsus, the Rosicrucian, Robert Fludd, who reproduced, often with fidelity, the systems which had some novelty five centuries before his time.
Venice, 1496, showing the ventricles of the brain
Venice, 1496, showing the ventricles of the brain
Diagram of the senses, the humours, the cerebral ventricles, and the intellectual facultie
Diagram of the senses, the humours, the cerebral ventricles, and the intellectual facultie
An anatomical diagram of about 1298
An anatomical diagram of about 1298
Roger Bacons diagram of the Eye
Roger Bacons diagram of the Eye
Diagram of the ventricles and the senses
Diagram of the ventricles and the senses with their relation to the intellectual processes according to the doctrine of the Renaissance anatomists.
The Anatomy of the Eye
The Anatomy of the Eye
The first printed picture of dissection
The first printed picture of dissection
The layers of the head
The layers of the head
Illustrating the general ideas on anatomy current at the Renaissance
Illustrating the general ideas on anatomy current at the Renaissance
The figure shows a professor and pupil. The former is demonstrating the bones of a skeleton.
The figure shows a professor and pupil. The former is demonstrating the bones of a skeleton.
The figure shows the ten layers of the head
The figure shows the ten layers of the head
The first picture of dissection in an English-printed book
The first picture of dissection in an English-printed book
Leonardo Da Vincis diagram of the heart
Leonardo Da Vincis diagram of the heart
a lecture on anatomy
a lecture on anatomy
Title-page of Mellerstadt’s edition of the Anatomy of Mondino, Leipzig, 1493. The scene is laid in the open air
Title-page of Mellerstadt’s edition of the Anatomy of Mondino, Leipzig, 1493. The scene is laid in the open air
A dissection scene
A dissection scene