M0006169: Communal Bath of the 17th century / M0006175: Strigils hanging from a ring. / M0006178: Ilustration of a person bathing, 15th century manuscript / M0006179: Illustration of people bathing, 15th century manuscript

Date:
11 April 1939
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/51/63
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts
  • Online

Available online

view M0006169: Communal Bath of the 17th century / M0006175: Strigils hanging from a ring. / M0006178: Ilustration of a person bathing, 15th century manuscript / M0006179: Illustration of people bathing, 15th century manuscript

In copyright

It is possible this item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You may be able to use this digital item under a copyright exception, otherwise you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). These may be identified elsewhere in the catalogue record. Read more about copyright.

Read further guidance on copyright exceptions in the UK.

Credit

M0006169: Communal Bath of the 17th century / M0006175: Strigils hanging from a ring. / M0006178: Ilustration of a person bathing, 15th century manuscript / M0006179: Illustration of people bathing, 15th century manuscript. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2020: Communal Bath of the 17th century.
Previous title, replaced August 2020: Strigils hanging from a ring.
Previous title, replaced August 2020: Patient bathing at a Medieval spring, 15th century manuscript.
Previous title, replaced August 2020: Patients bathing at a Mediaeval spring, XVth century.

Description

Four images on one negative: one is a manuscript illumination of a mounted man at the door to a bath house, with Farsi text, from a Persian manuscript held by the National Library of France. Two are illustrations of a people bathing from an unknown 15th century manuscript. One is a photograph of six strigils hanging from two rings.

Publication/Creation

11 April 1939

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.

Subjects

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    By appointmentManual request

Permanent link