About This Item
Title
Wound man
Subject
Wounds and Injuries
Weapons
Book Illustrations
Description
Artist unknown.
A man covered with wounds from a wide variety of weapons, including knives, swords, clubs and arrows. The text surrounding the figure briefly explains how to treat the wounds.
Title taken from commentary by Sudhoff in facsimile edition: Fasciculus medicinae of Johannes de Ketham, Alemanus (Birmingham, Ala. : The Classics of Medicine Library, 1988).
Source
Original image in: Ketham, Joannes de, active 15th century. Fasciculus medicinae. Italian (Milano : Seinzenzeler, 1516), leaf b2v. ZAe 19b (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Fasciculus Medicinae was a collection medical treatises first printed in 1491, although it previously circulated in manuscript. The work is noted for its illustrations, which were among the first anatomical illustrations to be printed. The text was issued thereafter in several new editions that included new illustrations, with this extremely rare 1516 edition from Milan based on a 1509 forgery of the 1493 Venetian edition.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1516
Language
ita
Type
StillImage
Identifier
ZAe_19b.b2va
ZAe_19b.b2vb
Original Format
1 print : woodcut
Physical Dimensions
29 x 19 cm
Citation
“Wound man,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 24, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2246.