M0014047: Statue of Saint James of Compostella / M0014048: Statue of Saint Radegund / M0014049: Statue of Saint Nicholas of Bari

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint James of Compostella.

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Nicholas of Bari (6th December).

Three wooden statues. The first is of St James of Compostella as a pilgrim. The item was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1934 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R462/1938). The second is of St Radegund (c.520-587). Invoked against leprosy, ulcers and fevers in children and one of the patron saints of Jesus College, Cambridge as well as several churches in England and France. The item was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4773/1937). The third is of St Nicholas of Bari (270-343) Bishop of Myra, patron of children and invoked against conjugal sterility and rheumatism. The item was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R436/1938). None of the statues are held by Wellcome Collection.

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 R462/1938, acc. number R4773/1937 and acc. number R436/1938

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.