The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Epist. XCII Observationes variæ curiosæ in itinere Anglico
In Print Source: Epistolarum Medicinalium. Centuria IV. Variis Observationibus curiosis & utilibus referta, 516-540 Document Type: Letter Date:10 August 1663 Number of Objects:Attached People: Recipient - Bartholin, Thomas (20 Oct 1616 -4 Dec 1680)
Sender of a letter - Borch, Ole (1626 -1690)
Subject of/in a document - Oxford Anatomy School (-)
Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Borch, Ole (1626 -1690)
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Annotation:From Gunther:
In the same year (1663) came Olaus Borrichius, who had previously seen the fine Anatomical Theatre at Leyden, which he considered far superior:
"Theatrum anatomicum cum Lugduno-batavo nequaquam conferendum. Merebantur aspici duo vasti crocodili, alter ex Nilo, ex Jamaica alter, allati. Item cranium humanum ex Hybernia allatum totumque usnea scatens. Os tendebatur quoque calculus humanus magnitudinis capitis annui pueri. Item cauda vaccae Indicae alba, setosa instar equinae, eaque duplo major. Item cranium humanum in anteriori parte quatuor tuberculis eminens, iisque pertusis largo foramine. Ceteroquin nihil in Anatomicis observare licuit Oxonii novum aut hactenus inauditum" (Gunther 3: 254).