M0011545: Mandrake in the form of a human being, 13th c.

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Mandrake in the form of a human being, 13th c.

Photograph of a 13th century manuscript illustration of a mandragora in the form of a human being with a dog tied to its legs to pull it up, from a manuscript held by the British Library. The photograph was made by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1937 (accession number PHO 10597)

1950

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

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.

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