M0014113: Statue of a saint, possibly Saint Luitfrid / M0014114: Statue of Saint Cyriaque (also Cyriacus)

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Statue of Saint Cyriaque.

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Luitfrid, Abbot (?).

Two wooden statues, one of an unknown saint and one of St Cyriaque, also known as St Cyriacus, invoked against diabolic possession. The statue of an unknown saint originally included a child being held by the hand but it was missing by the time the photograph was taken. It was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1930 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4736/1937). The other statue was purchased by the Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4778/1937). Neither 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 entries for the items: R4736/1937 and acc. number R4778/1937

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.