M0008998: Illuminated initial showing head operation

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Illuminated initial showing head operation

Photograph of a page from a 15th century Italian manuscript with an illuminated initial "S" showing a head operation. The manuscript includes a condensed Latin paraphrase of the early part of Galen's, De Methodo Medende. Related images: M0008998EB

03 April 1944

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 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 2020.

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