M0014127: Statue of Saint Rocco (also known as Saint Roch) / M0014128: Statue of Saint Raymund Nonnatus / M0014129: Statue of a saint, possibly Saint John of Capistrano

Date:
1955
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/126/37
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M0014127: Statue of Saint Rocco (also known as Saint Roch) / M0014128: Statue of Saint Raymund Nonnatus / M0014129: Statue of a saint, possibly Saint John of Capistrano. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced January 2022: (?) Saint John Capistran (28th March).
Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Roch, represented showing a bubonic sore
Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Raymund Nonnatus

Description

Wooden statue of St Rocco (also known as St Roch) in the guise of a pilgrim pointing at a bubonic sore on his leg. The item was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1934 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4756/1937).

Wooden statue of Saint Raymund Nonnatus (1204-1240), patron saint of children and midwives. Invoked by pregnant women and against puerperal fever. The item was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R167/1938).

Wooden statue of a saint, possibly St John of Capistrano who is usually represented with cross on the breast and pointing to a crucifix which he holds, although it could be St Thomas Aquinas. The item was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1935 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4796/1937).

Publication/Creation

1955

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provide an entry for the item: acc. number R4756/1937, acc. number R167/1938 and acc. number R4796/1937

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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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