M0014087: Statue of the Madonna trampling on a serpent whilst standing on the moon / M0014088: Statue of Saint Isodore of Madrid / M0014089: Statue of Saint Lucy (also Saint Lucia)

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Lucy.

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Madonna trampling on a serpent on the moon as in the Apocalypse of Saint John. No medical connection.

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Isodore of Madrid.

Three wooden statues, one of the Virgin Mary trampling on a serpent on the moon as in the Apocalypse of Saint John, one of St Isidore the Labourer (c.1070-1130), also known as Isidore of Madrid, patron saint of farmers and of Madrid and invoked against drought, and one of St Lucy (also St Lucia) represented holding two eyes on a plate. Invoked against haemorrhage, dysentary, ailments of the throat and eyes and contagious diseases. The statue of the Virgin Mary was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1931 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R560/1938). The statue of St Isidore was purchased by the Museum in 1934 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4742/1937). The statue of St Lucy was purchased by the Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4807/1937). None of the statues is held by Wellcome Collection.

1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provide an entry for the item: acc. number R560/1938, acc. number R4742/1937 and acc. number R4807/1937

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.