M0013961: Statue of Saint Jerome (5th century) / M0013962: Statue of Saint Veronica (1st century) / M0013963: Statue of Saint Anthony the Hermit (5th century) with a lion

Date:
1955
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/125/34
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M0013961: Statue of Saint Jerome (5th century) / M0013962: Statue of Saint Veronica (1st century) / M0013963: Statue of Saint Anthony the Hermit (5th century) with a lion. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Jerome (5th century).
Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Veronica,

Description

Photograph of three statues of St Jerome, also known as Jerome of Stridon (c.342-420), St Veronica also known as Berenike, and St Anthony the Hermit (c.468-c.520).

St Jerome is the patron saint of scholars and students and is invoked against diseases of the eye. The statue was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R612/1938) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

St Veronica is holding a wood carving of the face of Jesus. She is invoked against female complaints. The statue was purchased by the Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R449/1938) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

St Anthony is the patron saint of solitary life and invoked against ergotism, skin ailments and animal diseases. The statue was purchased in Spain by the Museum in 1934 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4797/1937). 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 register which provide entries for the items: acc. number R612/1938, acc. number R449/1938 and acc. number R4797/1937

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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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