# INDEX

and drink, moral lessons of, 254.e; the various differences between foods, 254.a. The nature of cicadas, 279.b. The eyelid, including the origin of its name, 76.a, and dreams involving eyelashes, 150.e. Definitions of curled locks of hair, 75.b, and the nature of a "cirrus" or fringe, 75.h. On the mountebank, 138.d, and the preludes performed by kithara players, 319.f. The merits of an excellent citizen, 277.e. Anatomical details such as the virginal enclosure, 84.d; the clitoris, 84.c; and instances where the clitoris grows to a great size, 513.c. The dual functions of a shield, 273.f. Medical anomalies like enemas expelled through the mouth, 124.b. A type of food called *coccentum*, 75.e. Those known as the one-eyed *Coclites*, 137.g. Representations of thoughts in mystical teachings, 223.f. On kinship, 111.e. Anatomical terms like the penis [*colis*], 78.a, and the etymology of the Coleoni family name, 512.a. The neck: the origin of its name, 76.d; its various qualities, 91.e; and its moral significance, 243.e.

Regarding pigeons: monstrous varieties, 563.g; four-legged pigeons, 563.h, with their illustrations on 565, 566, and 568; their general nature, 563.f; differences in Cyprian pigeons, 567.e; and their metamorphosis, 206.b. The image of the god Comus, 293.g. Those held in golden shackles, 273.g. On comets: the Saturnian type, 725.h; an illustration of a terrifying comet, 729; the etymology of the word, 723.b; accounts of when great and notable comets appeared, 731.e–h; the variety of comets, 721.g–h; nine illustrations of comets, 724, and other illustrations on 726; further distinctions among them, 725.e–g; their origin, 728.a–c; their omens, 732.c–d; and uncertainties regarding them, 733.e–f.

On conception and reproduction: how conception is prevented, 318.c; the timing of human intercourse, 44.a; the results of abominable intercourse, 395.f; and comparisons between human and bestial intercourse, 446.a. Remedies for convulsions, 16.a. Hieroglyphics for stubbornness, 154.a, constancy, 155.f, and the contempt of death, 156.a. Social and religious matters: the proper number of guests at a banquet, 183.e; remarkable marriages, 220.b; and the representation of preachers, 233.g. Definitions of conscience, 252.e; the virtue of contemplation, 245.e; and the description of conception, 49.g. On concubines, 41.e and 513.f. The distinctions of lust, 239.h. The image of Concord, 278.a, and the herb of the same name, 307.g. The rites of Constantinople, 102.b. The order of the constellations, 297.h and 298.a. Those privy to counsels among the Persians, 362.a. Moral representations of confessors, 246.a. Degrees of consanguinity, 111.e.

Detailed entries on the heart: why it is fleshy and thick, 47.a; its growth and shrinkage in humans, 69.g; the discovery of a hairy heart, 80.a; the heart of angels, 228.d, and of God, 228.d; the meaning of a hardened heart, 229.e; the perishing of a King’s heart, 229.f; the "heart of the earth" and the act of "finding the heart," 229.f; the nature of the Jewish heart, 229.e; the heart as a presiding leader, 243.f; its etymology, 243.f; its role in the "inner man," 243.f; its generation, 47.a; the number of its ventricles, 88.a; its mystical interpretations, 228.d, and moral lessons, 243.f; its placement, 243.g; the depiction of a burning heart, 276.a; its figure on ancient tombs, 287.g, and among chemists, 287.f; and its "signature" in plants, 307.g. On those who are "hearty" or wise, 172.d, and the name Cordus, 137.f.

Final anatomical and general entries: a human body without bones, 218.a; the common and specific lengths of the human body, 68.a; a horn growing on a human head, 126.b; twenty-five ribs found in a woman's corpse, 79.h; a monstrous branch of the Venetian sumac, 690.d; conditions of the hips, 91.b, and dreams about them, 151.h; the transformation of Coronis into a crow, 186.b; the effects of drunkenness, 119.e; a skull without sutures, 79.e; how the skull is formed, 47.a; why a human skull is placed at the feet of the crucified Christ, 287.e; the use of the human skull in medicine, 310.b; and a human skull removed from an abscess, 414.a