M0001658: Reproduction of two illustrations (fig. 6 and fig. 7) of the anatomy of the eye and brain by Johann Peckham or John Peckham (d.1292) possibly from a journal article

Date:
06 February 1931
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WT/D/1/20/1/15/53
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M0001658: Reproduction of two illustrations (fig. 6 and fig. 7) of the anatomy of the eye and brain by Johann Peckham or John Peckham (d.1292) possibly from a journal article. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2020: Anatomy of the eye.

Description

Black and white reproduction of two illustrations by John Peckham (d.1292). Figure 6 shows (translated from German) "the image of the brain and eyes by Johann Peckham based on the inscription F. IV. 30.f.129b (University library in Basel)" and figure 7 shows (translated from German) "the anatomical image of the eyes and brain by Johann Peckham based on the Czechel manuscript from 1430 (Jagiellonian Library in Kraków, No. 1929)". The reproduction is from Bednarski-Lwow, Adam: Die anatomischen Augenbilder in den Handschriften des Roger Bacon, Johann Peckham und Witelo in Sudhoffs Archiv für Geschichte der Medizin, Bd. 24, H. 1, 10. Januar 1931, pages 60-78. Related images: M0001653, M0001654, M0001655, M0001656, M0001657, M0001658, M0001659, M0001660, M0001661, M0001662, M0001663, M0001664, M0001665, M0001666, M0001667, M0001668, L0010715, L0010716, L0010717, L0010718

Publication/Creation

06 February 1931

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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