Students who held representative roles were allowed to design their own coat of arms

The Cattedra del Lettore (teacher's desk) is flanked by two statues of Spellati (skinned men).

The ceiling of the Anatomical Theatre in a xylograph

The dissection table

The dissection table

The famous Bologna anatomy theatre

The statues of the Spellati are holding up the canopy over the teacher's chair

The wing of Archiginnasio of Bologna housing the Anatomical Theatre

There are some seven thousand coats of arms on the walls

This statue portrays Gaspare Tagliacozzi , an early pioneer of rhinoplasty.

Various coats of arms