Porzionato Andrea, Macchi Veronica, De Caro Raffaele
Section of Anatomy, Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, University of Padova, Via A Gabelli 65, 35121 Padova, Italy.
J Med Biogr. 2010 Nov;18(4):177-80. doi: 10.1258/jmb.2009.009067.
The Bo (meaning 'ox' in the Venetian dialect) is the historic seat of the University of Padua, founded in 1222. A full-length portrait of Thomas Linacre stands in its prestigious Sala dei Quaranta (Hall of the Forty), so called because of the portraits of forty great foreign scholars of the University, painted by Giacomo dal Forno in 1942. Thomas Linacre came to Italy in 1485, following an embassy by Henry VII to the Vatican. Linacre visited Bologna, Florence, Rome, Venice, Vicenza and Padua, where he took his degree in medicine in 1496 with great distinction. During his stay in Italy he met illustrious humanists and physicians, including Poliziano, Hermolaus Barbarus and Aldus Manutius Romanus, and Nicolaus Leonicenus who further stimulated him to the translation of classic works by Hippocrates and Galen. In 1518 Linacre played a pivotal role in the foundation of the Royal College of Physicians in London which, as first President, he organized on the basis of Italian models. With his portrait, the University of Padua celebrates the life and work of an astonishing figure linking the Italian and English medical cultures.
博（在威尼斯方言中意为“牛”）是帕多瓦大学的历史所在地，该大学成立于1222年。托马斯·利纳克雷的一幅全身肖像画挂在其著名的四十人厅里，之所以叫这个名字，是因为里面有贾科莫·达尔·福尔诺于1942年绘制的该大学四十位伟大外国学者的画像。1485年，托马斯·利纳克雷跟随亨利七世派往梵蒂冈的使团来到意大利。利纳克雷访问了博洛尼亚、佛罗伦萨、罗马、威尼斯、维琴察和帕多瓦，1496年他在帕多瓦以优异成绩获得医学学位。在意大利逗留期间，他结识了杰出的人文主义者和医生，包括波利齐亚诺、埃尔莫劳斯·巴尔巴鲁斯、阿尔杜斯·马努提乌斯·罗曼努斯以及尼古劳斯·莱奥尼塞努斯，后者进一步激发了他翻译希波克拉底和盖伦的经典著作。1518年，利纳克雷在伦敦皇家内科医师学院的创立过程中发挥了关键作用，他作为首任院长，以意大利模式对学院进行了组织架构。帕多瓦大学通过他的画像，颂扬了一位连接意大利和英国医学文化的杰出人物的一生和成就。
