M0007046: Manuscript illustration depicting an Alchemical allegory

Date:
30 July 1940
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Photograph of an illustration from an unidentified 16th century manuscript on alchemy, possibly held by Saxon State and University Library Dresden. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 24th August 1935 (PHO 3766).

Publication/Creation

30 July 1940

Physical description

1 photograph
sheet film negative; 16.3 x 11.8 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 3766.

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

This item is fragile. Please consult the digitised version. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item By Appointment.

Type/Technique

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Where to find it

Location of original

Wellcome Library; GB.
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