For this Woodcut Wednesday, we’re turning to a 1510 edition of the Canon of Avicenna, one of t
For this Woodcut Wednesday, we’re turning to a 1510 edition of the Canon of Avicenna, one of the most important medical texts of the medieval and early modern periods. This particular copy was printed in Pavia, Italy by Jacob de Burgofranco. The woodcut on the title page portrays the three great giants of 16th century medicine: the Roman physician Galen is on the left, the Arabic physician Avicenna is in the center, and the Greek physician Hippocrates is on the right. -- source link
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