(09-02-2026, 11:12 PM)Dana Scott Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Looks more like hanging "lungs and trachea" to me versus "animal hearts".

I had assumed that they were pork legs turned into ham. From the guy cutting out a slice fora snack. No?

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(09-02-2026, 11:25 PM)Koen G Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

(09-02-2026, 11:12 PM)Dana Scott Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Looks more like hanging "lungs and trachea" to me versus "animal hearts".

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The heading in Latin and German certainly says "hearts". Maybe sliced in half and hung up to let the blood out? No idea.

I agree, the text is clear. 
EDIT: but Italian "coratella" refers to entrails in general, therefore I am not 100% sure that lungs can be excluded. There are individual chapters for liver, spleen and intestine; my opinion is that this illustration is specifically about hearts indeed.


I read the image as couples of hearts with their arteries intertwined so that a spike can go between them for hanging (AI image to illustrate what I mean).

   

Thanks, Marco, that makes sense.

I was hopeful to see a depiction of livers as well, but they go with chicken livers in that chapter, presumably because the text says they're the best. It does refer to goat liver for its medicinal properties against night blindness. But this is the liver of female goats, or goats in general at best.