M0007112: Ink drawing of a man in a 15th century herbal manuscript

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Page from 15th century, Herbal, Royal Library, Brussels.

Photograph of an ink drawing added to an unidentified 15th century herbal manuscript, held by the Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels. The drawing depicts a man with intenstines coming out of the body,and appears to have been added to the manuscript by the owner at a later date. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 30th August 1935 (PHO 4348).

30 July 1940

1 photograph sheet film negative; 16.3 x 11.8cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 4348.

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.

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