31-03-2020, 04:49 PM
My assumption concerning the sketch ( armadillo ), it goes back historically to the year 1328. The first public autopsy in Bologna, authorized by the Pope. There were later some public autopsies in Italy.
Around 1400, public autopsies were also performed in universities north of the Alps.
There are few images on the web, but I think it is a brain.
Here on the right in the picture, a brain from an autopsy from about 1720. It looks more like a shrimp, but is still a brain.
There are some records from 1320 and others, but nothing really seems to represent the brain in this way. Cause still other sketches of innards shown at VM seem to show.
Some drawings between 1320 and 1400.
That's what makes me think it's a brain. That the VM author may have been present at a public autopsy, and that it matches the other drawings.
Also that it's floating above the woman, reflecting the spirit on a pillow.
And finally, he also made on page 116, even though it was a goat.
Around 1400, public autopsies were also performed in universities north of the Alps.
There are few images on the web, but I think it is a brain.
Here on the right in the picture, a brain from an autopsy from about 1720. It looks more like a shrimp, but is still a brain.
There are some records from 1320 and others, but nothing really seems to represent the brain in this way. Cause still other sketches of innards shown at VM seem to show.
Some drawings between 1320 and 1400.
That's what makes me think it's a brain. That the VM author may have been present at a public autopsy, and that it matches the other drawings.
Also that it's floating above the woman, reflecting the spirit on a pillow.
And finally, he also made on page 116, even though it was a goat.