M0007305: Manuscript illustration of a man catching a snake

Date:
6 September 1940
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/62/80
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Credit

M0007305: Manuscript illustration of a man catching a snake. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Physician with dead snake.

Description

Photograph of a manuscript illustration from an unidentified 13th century Persian manuscript held by the Austrian National Library, Vienna (Codex A. F. 100). The illustration depicts a man catching a snake and a physician on horseback with text in Farsi above and below. Related images: M0007306

Publication/Creation

6 September 1940

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 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 2020.

Terms of use

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

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