M0007109: Illustration of men collecting medicinal roots

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Medicinal roots: manuscript 17th century, Brussels.

Photograph of an illustration from an unidentified 17th century manuscript, possibly from Brussels. The illustration depicts a scene of three men collecting medicinal roots, with decorative frame and caption title 'Theatrum Stirpes Varia, e vivis resiccatas, exhibens'. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 30th August 1935 (PHO 4350).

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 4350.

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.