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VESALIUS CONTINUUM

Vesalius and his Worlds (San Marino, 12-13 Dec 2014)

11/13/2014

Vesalius and His Worlds. Medical Illustration During the Renaissance

Dec. 12/13, 2014, The Huntington Library and Gardens: Ahmanson Room, Brody Botanical Center

In celebration of famous anatomist and physician Andreas Vesalius’s 500th anniversary, the conference brings together rare book collectors, curators, art and cultural historians, and physicians to explore the changing concepts of the human body and visualizations of knowledge in illustrated medical treatises from the early Renaissance to the 17th century.

The Karger Books

11/12/2014

Since a few days on a commercial site:

A selection of hoaxes

11/11/2014

The performance of the Missa Quare Tristis Est, Anima Mea, of Georges de la Hèle (1547 – 1586) by the "Ensemble Polyfoon" directed by Lieven Deroo is amazing. De la Hèle, composer of 8 masses, all preserved in the Plantin and Moretus Museum in Antwerp, also worked at the Spanish court: just listen here: http://polyfoon.be/polyfoon.html

FLOP 10: a selection of hoaxes: the inquisition. Anima Mea is also the title of a theater show about the last years of Andreas Vesalius, based on the novel Vesalius of Joris Tulkens. Although there is no historical proof that Vesalius was a victim of the inquisition, the author enhances the fairy tale:http://cobra.be/cm/cobra/podium/1.2142006

The one Vesalius is not that other one

11/9/2014

A common press release of Omer Steeno, Maurits Biesbrouck, Theodoor Goddeeris and I, against the Antwerp-hoax, was largery quoted in the latest issue of the Flemish Artsenkrant. The controversy is not over yet; I'll keep you posted.

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Nov 19 2014

11/8/2014

Just received word from Mike Pascoe, PhD, Senior Instructor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, that a celebratory event has been put together on his campus. He will be sharing comments and photos from the event on social media using the hashtag #Vesalius500.

Klara Flemish classical radio 3, announces three episodes of a Vesalius dissection

11/7/2014

Old love doesn't rust, or does it?
My former employer, Klara, Flemish classical radio 3, announces three episodes of a Vesalius dissection:
http://radio.klara.be/radio/10_programmas.php?datum=141109&xml_program=KL45141109LVES.xml

Vesalius Birthday Party in Athens 17 Dec 2014

11/5/2014

SAVE THE DATE: on Wednesday December 17, we'll celebrate V's birthday in the Syggros museum in Athens, with renaissance music, Fabrica Vitae & MEDinART films, a book presentation & interesting talks. Ever attented a party for a cool 500-year old guy? December 17: Syggros, Athens.
http://www.medinart.eu/andreas-syggros-museum-visit-amazing-museum-heart-athens-combines-medicine-art/

Geophysical Prospection Techniques to find the grave

11/4/2014

In our Quest for the Grave of Vesalius ,
this is what we need:http://www.ims.forth.gr/index_main.php?c=50&l=e&d=7

Theo Dirix book, The quest for the grave, in Zakynthos bookshop

11/2/2014

The hoax about V's grave in Antwerp (buried at the age of 80 after 30 years of hiding) motivates me more than ever to start the second phase of our quest for the grave on Zakynthos. On the basis of the Geographical Information System of Sylviane Déderix, we absolutely have to find the funds to start a geophysical approach, employing non-destructive ground penetrating radar (GPR) and electrical resitivity tomography (ERT) methods only. More news soon. I hope.
Now also available on Zakynthos at Mylonas' bookshop
http://www.vesaliusfabrica.com/en/related-reading/vesalius-books/in-search-of-andreas-vesalius.html

Vesalius lived for 30 years incognito in Antwerp and was buried, some 25 km further, in church that has disappeared in the 17th century.

11/1/2014

The Flemish press and the latest hoax on V. : the medical journal (Artsenkrant) and the weekly Knack title, without irony, that Vesalius staged his own death, lived for 30 years incognito in Antwerp and was buried, some 25 km further, in church that has disappeared in the 17th century.
The author has based his theory on a reference to a certain Jan van Wesele who died in 1594 and who may have worked at the royal court, which leads the “researcher” to the supposition that Jan van Wesele and Andreas Vesalius are one and the same. He even suggests that Vesalius followed Charles V to Tunis (1535) and Marseille (1536), forgetting that V only entered the court 10 years later. From other publications we already knew that Jan van Wesele was a common name in at least three families that are not related to V. The two historic sources the author claims to have discovered … on the Internet, are well known letters to Granvelle (of which the originals are kept in Besançon), only mentioning V’s death and the pension of his widow.
The serious medical journal comments that this theory is adding to the mystery surrounding V’s death. To magnify this, the high brow journal Artsenkrant names the author of this theory: Jozef Verheyden, and a bit further names him as Jozef Verlinden. Who is who, I wonder? And the austere Knack illustrates its article with a portrait of the German Lawyer Melchior von Brauweiler. How mysterious is that?
In a reaction to the medical journal, I unveil the secret, without irony of course, that a certain Jan Vesalius immigrated to the United States. Indeed, last year I received a mail of a certain S.J. Vescelus, who introduced himself as “a direct descendant of Dr. Vesalius”, and I quote: “He was either my Great plus Grandfather or my Great plus Uncle. I have traced my lineage past Dr. George Andrew Vieselius who came to America about 1740, son of Johann (=JAN) C. Vieselius.” Tell me, is this news, or isn’t it?
http://www.knack.be/nieuws/mensen/vesalius-leefde-nog-30-jaar-incognito-en-werd-begraven-in-lippelo/article-normal-507217.html