M0009044: Tools used by people with leprosy

Date:: 26 July 1944

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/79/44

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0008998EB-M0009111WT/D/1/20/1/79
        M0009044: Tools used by people with leprosyWT/D/1/20/1/79/44

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Clappers and crutches used by lepers. 12th Century.

Description

Reproduction of a drawing of the equipment, furnishings and aids used by people with injured legs and those with leprosy in the 12th century, published p.21 in Hartley, Dorothy: Mediaeval costume and life, Batsford, 1931. Related images: M0009039, M0009040, M0009041, M0009042, M0009043

Publication/Creation

26 July 1944

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.