Loys Vasse, In anatomen corporis humani tabulae quatuor, Paris: J. Foucherius, 1541, Aiii verso – Aiv recto, leaf height 29.5 cm, N*.3.17(B),

Lorkyn’s annotations in his copy of the Fabrica were reading notes, cross-referencing passages within the book, and also adding some points from other books. Given its size, it was not a book to take into an actual dissection. For this, Lorkyn used a shorter and smaller book on anatomy (described by tabulation), with generous margins. Here, in this opening, he recorded two cases of dissection he oversaw at Cambridge.

On the right-hand page, for example, Lorkyn had written:

Memorandum. Anno Domini 1565 the xxviii of marche I did make anatomie of richarde [overwritten: rauffe] tiple at maudlen colledge cotninuynge weddensdaie thursdaie & fridaie… [transcription by Peter Murray Jones]

On the left-hand page, he recorded in Latin a dissection on 11 March 1567. This was attended by William Gilbert (1544?-1604), who later wrote the De magnete.

It is very rare to find records of actual dissections at Cambridge, and it is likely for administrative reasons that Lorkyn made his notes here.