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Andreas Vesalius and the ‘sharp-eyed and careful reader’
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Abstract
A key element in Vesalius’s
De humani corporis fabrica
(1543) is the identifying lettering applied to its anatomical figures, allowing Vesalius to integrate image and text in an unprecedented way. Andreas Vesalius’s discussion of the lettering in the
Fabrica
and in its compendium, the
Epitome
(1543), is a rich source of information for his concerns and aims for these remarkable illustrations. A study of the amendments to woodblocks in the first Latin edition of the
Epitome
and in the revised edition of the
Fabrica
(1555), done to improve the legibility of characters obscured by shadow and to correct lettering, offers new information regarding the chronology of their printing and demonstrates that Vesalius continued to reconsider and improve his illustrations up to the moment of printing.
Title: Andreas Vesalius and the ‘sharp-eyed and careful reader’
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Abstract
A key element in Vesalius’s
De humani corporis fabrica
(1543) is the identifying lettering applied to its anatomical figures, allowing Vesalius to integrate image and text in an unprecedented way.
Andreas Vesalius’s discussion of the lettering in the
Fabrica
and in its compendium, the
Epitome
(1543), is a rich source of information for his concerns and aims for these remarkable illustrations.
A study of the amendments to woodblocks in the first Latin edition of the
Epitome
and in the revised edition of the
Fabrica
(1555), done to improve the legibility of characters obscured by shadow and to correct lettering, offers new information regarding the chronology of their printing and demonstrates that Vesalius continued to reconsider and improve his illustrations up to the moment of printing.
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