Wooden plaque depicting Saint Margaret of Antioch and dragon

Made:
1601-1800
Wooden plaque depicting Saint Margaret of Antioch and dragon

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Wooden plaque depicting Saint Margaret of Antioch and dragon, patron of nurses, invoked by mamed woman and against sterility wounds or maladies of the face, European, 1601-1800

Details

Category:
Classical & Medieval Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A634961
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
height 570 mm
width 360 mm
length 40 mm
type:
plaque

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