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Andreas Vesalius’s illustrations of the human body baffled some early readers, as their marginalia reveal. Dániel Margócsy, Mark Somos and Stephen N. Joffe explain. Andreas Vesalius’s illustrations of the human body baffled some early readers, as their marginalia reveal. Dániel Margócsy, Mark Somos...

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Published inNature (London) Vol. 560; no. 7718; pp. 304 - 305
Main Authors Margócsy, Dániel, Somos, Mark, Joffe, Stephen N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.08.2018
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Biological research
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Human anatomy
Humanities and Social Sciences
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Religious aspects
Renaissance
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Social aspects
Textiles
Religion
Medical research
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Summary:Andreas Vesalius’s illustrations of the human body baffled some early readers, as their marginalia reveal. Dániel Margócsy, Mark Somos and Stephen N. Joffe explain. Andreas Vesalius’s illustrations of the human body baffled some early readers, as their marginalia reveal. Dániel Margócsy, Mark Somos and Stephen N. Joffe explain. Muscle man hand coloured in red, with handwritten characters to help with identification and differentiation
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ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/d41586-018-05941-0