M0007204: Manuscript page depicting various mythological people and creatures

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Man with one eye, bearded woman, man with six hands, ect.

Reproduction of a page from a 16th century manuscript, possibly held by the National Library of the Czech Republic, Prague. It includes twelve miniature illustrations of various mythological people and creatures with text in Latin inbetween. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 12th March 1936 (PHO 7634). Related images: M0007205, M0007206, M0007207.

6 September 1940

1 photograph sheet film negative; 16.3 x 11.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 7634.

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.