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Concept

Holy wells

Images

  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: the ceremony of immersion. Pencil drawing by R. Cleaver.
  • The fountain of life. Oil painting.
  • The fountain of life, and saints. Oil painting.
  • Men resting their camels and smoking by Jacob's Well at Shechem, Palestine. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: the shrine and sacred well. Wood engraving by H. Lanos.
All images (19)

Catalogue

    • Archives and manuscripts

    M0014397: Fontaine et Croix de la Lande, Caurel (Cotes du Nord) / M0014398: Fontaine de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Palue. With statues of Sainte-Anne and the infant Virgin, near the chapel of the same name, on the Bay of Douernenez (Finistere)

    | Date: December 1955 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/128/60
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
    • Pictures

    Sick people visiting Saint Winifred's (Saint Winefrede's) well. Etching by G. Cuitt, 1813.

    Cuitt, George, 1779-1854. | Date: 1813 | Reference: 36037i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales: interior. Etching by G. Cuitt, 1813.

    Cuitt, George, 1779-1854. | Date: 1813 | Reference: 17669i
    • Archives and manuscripts

    M0014391: Fontaine Saint-Thivisiau, Gothic, 15th century / M0014392: Chapelle Saint-Venec, region de Chateaulin (Finistere), Gothic

    | Date: December 1955 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/128/57
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
    • Books

    Sacred wells : a study in the history, meaning, and mythology of holy wells & waters / Gary R. Varner.

    Varner, Gary R. | Date: [2009]
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