M0014108: Statue of Saint Maur, Abbot / M0014109: Statue showing Saint Anne with the Virgin Mary in her womb / M0014110: Statue of Saint Herbot

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Herbot.

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Maur, Abbot (15th January).

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Statue showing Saint Anne with the Virgin Mary in the womb

Three wooden statues, one of St Maur, also known as St Marus (512-584), one of St Anne with the Virgin Mary in her womb, invoked by pregnant women for successful delivery, and one of St Herbot with a cow. Peasants put their cattle under his protection. The first statue was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1934 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R577/1938). The second was purchased by the Museum in 1934 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4737/1937). The third was purchased by the Museum in 1929 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R567/1938). 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 registers which provide an entry for the items: acc. number R577/1938, acc. number R4737/1937 and acc. number R567/1938

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.