The Art of Hippocrates
Woodcut on paper · Renaissance Printmaking
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A Renaissance medical title page presents the word “HIPPOCRATIS” above dense Latin text, enclosed by an elaborate architectural border. Mythological and allegorical figures animate the upper and lower friezes, while botanical scrollwork, animals, and grotesque figures fill the side columns; a small inset scene of intertwined serpents reinforces the medical subject. The page has the precise, highly ornamental character of an early printed book, with strong contrasts between dark linework and the warm paper ground.
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