M0007065: Manuscript illustration of alchemical apparatus

Date:: 30 July 1940

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/60/54

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0007012-M0007112WT/D/1/20/1/60
        M0007065: Manuscript illustration of alchemical apparatusWT/D/1/20/1/60/54

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Alchemical apparatus.

Description

Photograph of an illustration from an unidentified 14th century manuscript on alchemy, possibly held by Saxon State and University Library Dresden, depicting alchemical apparatus. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 24th August 1935 (PHO 3769). Related images: M0007063, M0007064, M0007062, M0007066, M0007067.

Publication/Creation

30 July 1940

Physical description

1 photograph sheet film negative; 16.3 x 11.8 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 3769.

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.