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Original fileAnatomical Study of the Omentum (Tabula X)
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About This Work
The image features two distinct anatomical drawings stacked vertically. The upper figure shows the superior omentum, displaying a dense network of veins and arteries branching across the membrane. The lower figure focuses on the inferior omentum, illustrating its connection to the colon and portal vein structures. Both figures are rendered in high-contrast black ink on a beige background, using hatching and cross-hatching to define depth and biological texture, surrounded by extensive Latin explanatory text.
This print originates from Robert Fludd's 'Utriusque Cosmi Maioris scilicet et Minoris metaphysica, physica, atque technica Historia' (1617–1621), a seminal work in the Rosicrucian and Hermetic tradition that seeks to synthesize anatomical knowledge with universal cosmic architecture.
Inscriptions(Latin)
ALIA TABVLA b. 4. b. At fi integrum omentum in sua natura a corpore extractum animaduertere cupis, duplicem hanc figuram te contemplari admoneo. LIBRI FIANI [TAB. X] [Alphabetic key labels a-H throughout figures] In quarumpriori a.a.a.a. Denotant faciem anteriorem omenti superioris. b.b.b.b. Exprimunt Omenti circulum. c.c.c. Indicant omenti superioris partem intestino colo elatiorem. g. Exprimit venae portae truncum ex hepate emanantem. ll.mm.m. Sunt rami a vena K affurgentes. axa. Assignat Pancream, cuius positio est sub vasis & duodeno. Secunda autem figura indicat quomodo colon omenti, membranae inferiori, superiori remoto adligetur. A.A. Ergo est omenti inferioris pars elatior, a dorso inclinata, quae ventriculo posterius subiicitur, & duabus membranis colon secundum ventriculi longitudinem continet. B. Vena a sinistro tronco Portae. C. Vena insignis, omento & colo se portigens. D. Vena omenti, latus sinistrum perrepens. E. Est coli pars dextra, quae hepatis cauae subiicitur. G.G. Est eius portio per ventriculi fundum transiens. H.H.H. Omenti inferioris pars humilior, a colo declinans. I.I. Ostendit veram Omenti figuram, & quomodo per se conferri possit. CAPVT
Translation
Another Plate b. 4. b. / But if you wish to observe the entire omentum as extracted from the body in its natural state, I advise you to contemplate this double figure. [Followed by clinical descriptions of the omentum parts, pancreas, and venous structures.]
Connected Texts
Robert Fludd, Utriusque Cosmi...
This illustration appears in the 'De Microcosmi' section of Fludd's encyclopedic history of the two worlds.
Provenance & Source
Object
engraving
laid paper
Baroque
German
anatomical
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
509 × 820 px
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