M0017175EA: Illustration of Symphitum officinale from the Johnson Papyrus, c.400 A.D.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Johnson Papyrus, fragment of an illustrated herbal.

Photograph of the recto side of the Johnson Papyrus, a fragment of an illustrated herbal from c.400 A.D. It contains a colour drawing of a plant, possibly symphytum officinale (common comfrey). Related images: M0017175EB.

December 1958

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: MS.5753

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.