The Jagiellonian University Museum of Pharmacy: Candle Wheel and Apothecary’s tradition of making candles and wax to seal

Zbigniew Bela

The Jagiellonian University Museum of Pharmacy: Candle Wheel and Apothecary’s tradition of making candles and wax to seal

Publication date: 01.07.2017

Opuscula Musealia, Volume 24 (2016), Volume 24, pp. 9 - 13

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843852.OM.16.001.7434

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The Jagiellonian University Museum of Pharmacy: Candle Wheel and Apothecary’s tradition of making candles and wax to seal

Abstract

In the article, a 19th c. device for manufacturing candles, exhibited in the Kraków Museum of Pharmacy, is described. The article discusses also the tradition of producing candles and wax for seals by European apothecaries in the period from 13th to 19th century.

Keywords

museum, pharmacy, wax, wheel, seal, apothecary, manual, dyeing, colours, medicinal, inventory

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Information: Opuscula Musealia, Volume 24 (2016), Volume 24, pp. 9 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/20843852.OM.16.001.7434

Article type: Original article

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The Jagiellonian University Museum of Pharmacy: Candle Wheel and Apothecary’s tradition of making candles and wax to seal

English:

The Jagiellonian University Museum of Pharmacy: Candle Wheel and Apothecary’s tradition of making candles and wax to seal

Authors

Zbigniew Bela

Wydział Farmaceutyczny CM UJ, Muzeum Farmacji

Published at: 01.07.2017

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