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Original fileAnatomical Study of the Human Rib Cage and Clavicles
menschlicher Brustkorb, Rippen und Brustbein
About This Work
The print features twelve individual anatomical figures organized into a grid-like layout against a shaded background block. The upper sections display isolated clavicles (I-IV) and sternum segments (V-VIII) from various perspectives, while the lower section (IX-X) shows full, connected rib cages—one viewed anteriorly and the other posteriorly—with segments XI and XII showing individual bone structures. The entire composition is densely packed with typographic labels, lines, and references that correlate the visual parts to the descriptive text provided above and below the illustration.
This plate is an early modern anatomical study, reflective of the 17th-century movement to document human morphology with high precision for medical and pedagogical use. It connects to the broader tradition of natural philosophy and the systematic codification of human anatomy found in treatises like those of Casserius or Vesalius.
Inscriptions(Latin)
120 Regionis Mediæ Liber I. TABVLA II. QVÆ EST DE OSSIBVS PECTORIS:IN QVA O: cto sunt figuræ,quarum prior anteriorem,2.posteriorem,& 3.infimam clauiculæ partem o- stendit, 4.describit clauiculam mulieris,quæ in illis est magis recta quam in viris,5.exprimit binas cartilagines clauiculæ articulis interpositas,9.sterni partem anteriorem, vt & 7.eiusdem posteriorem delincat,8.arguir anteriorem mulieris sterni partem. LIB. II. TAB. II. (Various lettered and numbered labels on the anatomical parts) 1.2.3.A.Clauiculæ caput sterno articulatum, 1.B.Angulus huius capituli primus. 1.2.3.C.D.Angulus secundus & tertius. 1.3.E.Clauiculæ anterior linea eminentior. 2.3.F.G.Linea inferior,quæ iuxta G.aspera est. 1.2.3.H.Clauiculæ medium teres. 1.2.I.Exterior pars latior & curua. 1.K.Asperitas in hac sede. 3.L.M.N.Clauiculæ inferior sedes sintiata & aspera,& circa N.oritur ligamentum quod in scapulæ procef- sum inferiorem infigitur. 2.3.O.Clauiculæ tuber sterno appositus. 3.P.Asperitas inferior interioris sedes. 1.2.3.Q.Capitulum planum quo scapulæ iungitur. 4.R.Clauicula mulieris.