Woodcuts of Human Oddities in the Fasciculus temporum

Authors

Brady Brick

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Abstract

This paper focuses on two woodcut images of human oddities in Portland State University’s edition of the Fasciculus temporum (Prüss, Strassburg, 1490).

One woodcut shows children with birth anomalies affecting their eyes, arms, and legs. The second is of a cynocephalus or dog-headed man. The history and context of these types of images and their significance within the text are both considered. This paper also examines possible medical explanations for the physical anomalies shown in the woodcut images.

Publication Date

2020

Subjects

Incunabula, Illumination, Illustration

Disciplines

European History | Medieval History | Medieval Studies

Comments

This essay is part of a series of research projects written for Professor John Ott's Spring 2020 Medieval History seminar on PSU Library Special Collections' Malleus maleficarum and Fasciculus temporum codex.

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/35090

Recommended Citation

Brick, Brady, "Woodcuts of Human Oddities in the Fasciculus temporum" (2020). Fasciculus Temporum. 5.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/35090