M0014042: Statue of Saint Adrien (Drien) / M0014043: Statue of Saint Edern riding a donkey / M0014044: Statue of Saint Hubertus (Hubert)

Date:
1955
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/125/97
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Also known as

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Hubert.
Previous title, replaced January 2022: Statue of Saint Adrien
Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Edeyrn.

Description

Wooden statue of Saint Adrien (Drien), Breton saint invoked against intestinal ailments and from 12th century onwards against the plague. The statue was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1934 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R452/1938). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Wooden statue of Saint Edern patron saint of Landeyron, Brittany. Various legends describe him as an associate of King Arthur. The item was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point. It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Wooden statue of Saint Hubertus, also known as Hubert (c.656-727) one of the six healing saints from Notre Dame du Haut, Moncontour, Brittany. Invoked against rabies. The statue was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R2410/1937). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

1955

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide an entry for two of the items: acc. number R452/1938 and acc. number R2410/1937

Copyright note

Copyright held by Wellcome Collection

Notes

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

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