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[56] Bollocks = Testicles.
The image is from 'Anatomia del corpo humano'
Rome, 1559.
In the guise of delivering a religious message about the spirit and the flesh, many pioneer scientists studied the human body and to cover up for it, created drawings that paid lip-service to the Church. (These days a scientist has to prove that her research will eventually make a lot of money.
Only the name of the Church has changed.
'Anatomia del corpo humano'
Rome, 1559.
Artist: Juan Valverde de Amusco (1525-1588)
Do you pray for the God of Money, too?
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