From the beginning of the 16th century onwards, public anatomy demonstrations developed and spread acrossEurope. In 1555,King Philip II granted the AmsterdamGuild of Surgeons the privilege to dissect bodies of executed criminals to teach anatomy. Dissections were held once a year in the winter season as the corpses could be preserved at low temperatures. An anatomical theatre of the 17th centur...

Abstract “A Brief Sketch of the Christian Faith,” published in 1632, was written by Conradus Vorstius 1620, at request Johannes Uytenbogaert. Uytenbogaert needed a Confession for Remonstrant Society he had just founded, and asked to assist committee that established its production. Vorstius, who time lived difficult conditions, unable deliver full text, but managed provide this Sketch, which su...

A imagem de capa deste fascículo da Revista Ciência Elementar é uma das obras mais famosas Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), inicialmente conhecida por Rapariga com turbante, mas popularizada como brinco pérola — provavelmente pelo impacto visual desse ponto brilhante no centro imagem. Na verdade, admite-se hoje ser pouco provável que se trate pérola: dadas as dimensões e os reflexos pintados Verme...

Si bien falleció antes de alcanzar fama, el infante Carlos Austria (1607-1632) fue celebrado universalmente por los ingenios su época. Tanta consideración sorprende —sobre todo si se toma en cuenta la poca atención que le dedicó historiografía— e invita a examinar panegíricos fúnebres elogiaron memoria. Estos publican un modelo conducta del Infante Castilla —entre apoyo las ideas conceptualizad...