M0013713: Composite image of a physician, an apothecary and a surgeon

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Cessolis, Composite image of a physician, an apothecary and a surgeon. 15th C(?).

Minature, possibly 15th century, of a composite image of a physician (represented by hat, robes, book, and chair), an apothecary (represented by the ointment box in the left hand) and a surgeon (represented by the surgical instrument under the belt). It is possibly from a manuscript of Cessolis, Ludo scacchorum; and previously incorrectly said to be from a Vatican codex (reference Vat.lat.1066)

October 1954

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 2022.

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