M0017175EA: Illustration of Symphitum officinale from the Johnson Papyrus, c.400 A.D.

Date:
December 1958
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/154/32
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M0017175EA: Illustration of Symphitum officinale from the Johnson Papyrus, c.400 A.D. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Johnson Papyrus, fragment of an illustrated herbal.

Description

Photograph of the recto side of the Johnson Papyrus, a fragment of an illustrated herbal from c.400 A.D. It contains a colour drawing of a plant, possibly symphytum officinale (common comfrey). Related images: M0017175EB.

Publication/Creation

December 1958

Physical description

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: MS.5753

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.

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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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