M0007052: Manuscript illustration of an alchemical flask containing a head with two faces

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Alchemical drawing.

Photograph of an illustration from an unidentified 14th century manuscript on alchemy, possibly held by Saxon State and University Library Dresden, depicting an alchemical flask containing a head with two faces and two figures sat either side pointing, with scrolls above containing inscription. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 24th August 1935 (PHO 3773).

30 July 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 3773.

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.