M0017725: Page from the manuscript of Petrus Peregrinus, 1269

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Page from the manuscript of Petrus Peregrinus.

Reproduction of a page from the manuscript of Petrus Peregrinus, Epistola...de Magnete, 1269, the earliest known experimental work on the magnet, held by the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris. Published in Mottelay, Paul Fleury: Bibliographical history of electricity & magnetism, London : C. Griffin & Co. ltd., 1922

January 1960

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.