M0011828: Reproduction of a woodcut of Maria the Jewess, an alchemist, from Daniel Stolcius' Viridarium chymicum figuris cupro incisis adornatum, et poeticis picturis illustratum, 1624

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Maria the Jewess, alchemist, 1st century A.D.

Reproduction of a woodcut of: Maria the Jewess (also known as Mary the Jewess, Maria Hebraea, Mary the Prophetess, Maria Prophetissa, or Maria the Copt), an alchemist, who lived between the 1st-3rd centuries and gave the name to Bain-Marie water bath. The original woodcut is from from Stolcius, Daniel (active 1618): Viridarium chymicum figuris cupro incisis adornatum, et poeticis picturis illustratum Frankfort : L. Jennis, 1624. Related image: M0011829

April 1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.8 x 8.3 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative.

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 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.