M0014140: Statue of Saint John the Baptist / M0014141: Statue of Saint Maurus (6th century)

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint John the Baptist (24th June).

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Maurus, discilple of St. Benedicte, 6th century.

Two wooden statues, one of St John the Baptist holding a lamb, invoked for falling sickness, convulsions and other forms of vertigo and spasms. The other of St Maurus (6th centruy), discilple of St. Benedicte. The first statue was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R423/1938). The second statue was purchased by the Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4779/1937).

1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: acc. number R423/1938 and acc. number R4779/1937

Copyright held by Wellcome Collection

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.

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