M0003804: Manuscript illustration "Gathering mandragora"

Date:
24 March 1934
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/31/63
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M0003804: Manuscript illustration "Gathering mandragora". In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Gatherimg Mandragora, manuscript 13th c.

Description

Photograph of a print publication of a 13th century manuscript illustration with the caption "gathering mandragora." The caption beneath the illustration reads: "To gather ye mangragora, go forth at dead of nyght and take a dogge or other animal and tye him wyth a corde unto ye plante. Loose ye earth round teare up ye roote,which by its dreadfull cryes wyll kyll ye animal." The illustration shows a man with a dog tied to their legs, and a man on his knees to the right. It appears the 'man' is representing the mandragora (mandrake) plant.

Publication/Creation

24 March 1934

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8 x 11 cm

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.

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