Anatomical Study of the Human Eye

The image is a black-and-white anatomical engraving displaying nine figures, each identified by a specific letter or label. The left side shows parts of the face, including the eye socket and lids, while the right side focuses on the isolated ocular globe and its musculature. The bottom third contains an extensive index in Latin, explaining the anatomical parts labeled with corresponding letters in the illustrations above.

This print is an illustrative plate from Robert Fludd’s 'Utriusque Cosmi Maioris scilicet et Minoris metaphysica, physica atque technica Historia' (1617–1621). It represents the early modern impulse to map the human body as a microcosm, central to Fludd's Hermetic and alchemical philosophy regarding the correspondence between the human vessel and the greater universe.