M0007402: Manuscript illustration from Medicina Antiqua, depicting a childbirth scene

Date:
6 September 1940
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/63/57
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Apollodorus de Herbis, childbirth scene, 13th Century

Description

Photograph of an illustration from Medicina Antiqua, a 13th century manuscript held by the Austrian National Library (Codex Vindobonensis 93). The illustration depicts a childbirth scene, particularly the use of coriander seed to hasten childbirth, with text in Latin above and marginalia. Related images: M0007083, M0007084, M0007085, M0007086, M0007110, M0007114, M0007184, M0007185, M0007189, M0007201, M0007389, M0007390, M0007391, M0007392, M0007393, M0007394, M0007395, M0007396, M0007397, M0007398, M0007400, M0007401, M0007082

Publication/Creation

6 September 1940

Physical description

2 photographs sheet film negative; 16.3 x 11.8 cm photographic print; 15.1 x 11.1 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.

Where to find it

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