Did Andreas Vesalius’s De Humani Corporis Fabrica and/or Juan Valverde’s Historia De La Composicion Del Cuerpo Humano Really Influence the Anatomy Knowledge in the Ottoman Empire? A Preliminary Study on Shams al-Dīn ʿItāqī’s Tashrīh al-Abdān*

Aim of this study was to determine whether Vesalius and Valverde influenced Shams al-Dīn ʿItāqī considering the figures several statements in Tashrīḥ al-Abdān wa Tarjamān Qibāla Faylasūfān. The illustrated copies ʿItāqī’s book were examined compared those Galen’s, Avicenna’s, Vesalius’s, Valverde’s works, then findings evaluated. contains some only from and/or but there is no new explanation related issues such as mandible, sacrum, rete mirabile, uterus. Latin edition published 1607 probably source Western-originated illustrations manuscript Hüsrev Paşa, Nr. 464 all Western-based illustrations, except for female figure Istanbul University, Turkish Manuscripts, TY 2662. Spanish Italian (1589) editions sources most human skeleton Prof. Uzluk’s personal collection. information given by works has not explanations ʿItāqī. wrote his according classical anatomical knowledge Islamic world era he added Eastern- support/strengthen statements. Or work Tasrīḥ originally contained illustrations. However, later, scribes/copiers at different times.