M0011875EA/M0011875EB/M0011875EC: Reproduction of the detail of three illustrations from Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals, also known as MS Harley 1585

Date:
1951
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/105/76
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2022: The cantaur and the centaury plant.

Description

Three images at this reference number, all reproductions from Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals also known as MS Harley 1585, held by the British Library. The first image (M0011875EA) is a miniature of a centaur holding a plant, folio 29; the second (M0011875EB) is a miniature of a woman offering a plant to a centaur (Diana and Chiron the centaur), folio 22; the third is a miniature of a physician and assistant mixing medicine, folio 7v.

Publication/Creation

1951

Physical description

3 photographs

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 2022.

Terms of use

This item is fragile. Please consult the digitised version. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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