Skeleton anatomy. 17th-century Persian anatomical artwork of the rear view of a human skeleton. The tinting is in silver, which has blackened. Differe

---

Skeleton anatomy. 17th-century Persian anatomical artwork of the rear view of a human skeleton. The tinting is in silver, which has blackened. Different parts of the skeleton are labelled. Artwork from a 1672 edition of 'Tashrih bi al-Taswir' (Illustrated Anatomy), originally produced in 1396 by the Persian physician Mansur ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn Ilyas (also known as Mansur).

---

Size: 3337px × 5255px
Photo credit: © BRITISH LIBRARY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1300s, 1396, 14th, 1600s, 1672, 17th, adult, ahmad, al-taswir, anatomical, anatomy, arabic, arms, artwork, asia, asian, backbone, bi, bin, biological, biology, blackened, body, bone, bones, century, column, east, eastern, feet, hands, historical, history, human, ibn, illustrated, illustration, ilyas, iran, iranian, islam, islamic, joints, knees, label, labeled, labelled, labels, legs, mansur, medical, medicine, middle, muhammad, oxidised, pelvis, people, persia, persian, person, rear, ribs, script, shoulders, silver, skeletal, skeleton, skull, spine, tashrih, tint, tinting, vertebral, yusuf