The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Oxford Anatomy Theatre

Google's approximation of the location Description of institution: In 1710 Zacharias Konrad von Uffenbach described the anatomical theatre thus: "The place which had been allotted to him for this cursus anatomicus is under the Ashmolean; a small vaulted room behind the laboratorium, very well suited for anatomy on account of the low temperature. This places the anatomy theatre in the basement, behind the chemical laboratory.