M0014050: Statue of Saint Herbot / M0014051: Statue of Saint Jonas (Yon) / M0014052: Saint Bartholomew, Apostle

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Bartholomew, Apostle.

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Herbot.

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Jonas (Yog).

Three wooden statue of St Herbot, St Jonas (also known as Yon) martyred in 3rd century Paris and St Batholomew, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, holding a flaying knife. The statue of St Herbot was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1929 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R567/1938). The statue of St Jonas was purchased by the Museum in 1934 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R575/1938) and the statue of St Bartholomew was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point. None of them are held by Wellcome Collection.

1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for two of the items: acc. number R567/1938 and acc. number R575/1938

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.