M0016843: Representation of a footprint of Jesus with an inscription stating that it is a trace of Jesus on the Mount of Olives / M0016844: Chain with three charms

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Representation of a footprint of Jesus on the Mount of Olives.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Fraiskette with 3 cases of charms

Photograph of items from the Hildburgh Collection of Austrian and Bavarian Amulets acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (Hildburgh Collection no. 3858 and 3859). A representation of a footprint of Jesus Christ and a chain with three charms: a tooth mounted in silver with bell attached, an operculum, and a coin showing on one side a Madonna and Child. Related images: M0016836-M0016864

1958

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds an archive file concerning the collection: WA/HMM/TR/Abc/C.4/1

Copyright is 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.