mage 1: Gudonian Hand, From a Liturgical Miscellany, Italian, Late 15th Century (UPenn Ms. Codex 1248, fol. 122r)
Image 2: Figure taken from: Polcerová, L., et al. “Sex Differences in Radioulnar Contrasts of the Finger Ridge Counts Across 21 Human Population Samples.” Annals of Human Biology, vol. 50, no. 1, 2023, pp. 370–89, https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2023.2247970.
Image 3: Instrumenta chyrurgiae et icones anathomicae / [Ambroise Paré]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Image 4 Borges, J. (Brazilian engraver, born 1935). Mao Que Todo Faz (The Hand That Does All), from the Portfolio Word Suite. 21/30 ed., Lithograph on Asian handmade paper, 1994. Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.26079722. Accessed 2 Feb. 2024.
Image 5 Thermal hand prints. Thermal Vision Research. Source: Wellcome Collection.