M0005438: Four sections of a stained glass window at Canterbury Cathedral showing a cure of leprosy

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Cure of leprosy, window at Canterbury Cathedral, 1220.

Photograph of four sections of 13th century stained glass window depicting the miraculous cure from leprosy of Richard Sunieve. The four images show: Richard contracting leprosy; Richard receiving food from his mother who has her mouth tightly covered with a cloth for fear of infection; Richard prostrate at the tomb of Thomas Becket; Richard, now cured. The photograph was compiled by Captain Johnston-Saint, a Wellcome Historical Medical Museum employee, for his Royal Society of Medicince lecture in 1938

March 1938

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 2021.

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