M0007055: Manuscript illustration of Alchemical flask containing ashes

Date:
30 July 1940
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/60/44
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M0007055: Manuscript illustration of Alchemical flask containing ashes. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Alchemical drawing.

Description

Photograph of an illustration from an unidentified 14th century manuscript on alchemy, possibly held by Saxon State and University Library Dresden, depicting an alchemical flask containing ashes, with scrolls containing inscription. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 24th August 1935 (PHO 3765).

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 3765.

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.

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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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