M0013777: Byzantine plaque of the Fountain of Life

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Byzantine Plaque of the Fountain of Life.

Byzantine plaque of the Fountain of Life. The painted surface is covered with a silver plaque showing the same design in relief, but with the faces cut out. The item was purchased in Istanbul by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1931 and accessioned in 1931 (accession numbers CC 5427 and P1372/1938). Related images: M0005662

October 1954

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the object registration card for the items: acc. number CC 5427

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.