M0007052: Manuscript illustration of an alchemical flask containing a head with two faces

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Photograph of an illustration from an unidentified 14th century manuscript on alchemy, possibly held by Saxon State and University Library Dresden, depicting an alchemical flask containing a head with two faces and two figures sat either side pointing, with scrolls above containing inscription. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 24th August 1935 (PHO 3773).

M0007052: Manuscript illustration of an alchemical flask containing a head with two faces

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