Aquile lapis est

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:: [Mainz : Jacob Meydenbach, 23 June 1491]
Language(s):: Latin
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Birds
Minerals -- therapeutic use
Genre(s):: Book Illustrations
Pictorial Works
Abstract:: Hand-colored woodcut of two birds gathering gems in front of a tree atop which sits a nest of young birds.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Is part of: Ortus sanitatis; See related catalog record: 9413026
Extent:: 1 print : 31 x 21 cm.
Technique:: woodcut, hand color
NLM Unique ID:: 101456945 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: C03292
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101456945

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