M0005662: Byzantine plaque of the fountain of life

Date:
September 1938
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/46/74
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Credit

M0005662: Byzantine plaque of the fountain of life. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Byzantine Plaque: Eastern holy Wells in which was 'Fountain of Youth', silver ikon.

Description

Silver Byzantine plaque of the Fountain of Life. The item was purchased in Istanbul by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1931 and accessioned in 1931 (accession numbers CC 5427 and P1372/1938). Related images: M0013777

Publication/Creation

September 1938

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the object registration card for the items: acc. number CC 5427

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 2021.

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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