M0005453: Prayer leaflet depicting Saint Blaise
- Date:
- March 1938
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/44/78
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced November 2021: Saint Blaise.
Description
Photograph of the front of a a 17th century prayer leaflet featuring an image of Saint Blaise, invoked against diseases of the throat. The photograph was compiled by Captain Johnston-Saint, a Wellcome Historical Medical Museum employee, for his Royal Society of Medicince lecture in 1938. Related images: V0048931
Publication/Creation
March 1938
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 586743i.
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 2021.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request