M0007409: Manuscript illustration of St. Paul wearing spectacles

Date:
6 September 1940
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/63/64
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Spectacles 14th century. Portrait of St. Paul.

Description

Photograph of an illustration depicting St. Paul wearing spectacles, reproduced from Heymann, Alfred: Lunettes et lorgnettes de jadis, Paris : J. Leroy et cie, 1911. The original illustration is in a copy of Bible historiale, 14th century, held by the National Library of France, Paris, . Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 9th December 1937 (PHO 9063). Related images: M0007406, M0007412

Publication/Creation

6 September 1940

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.8 x 13.8 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds a copy of the publication from which the image depicted in the glass plate negative has been reproduced. Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 9063.

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.

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