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

Bibliographic description

punktacja MNiSW [2016 B]: 13

title:	The Jagiellonian University Museum of Pharmacy : candle Wheel and Apothecary's tradition of making candles and wax to seal
author:	Bela Zbigniew
journal title:	Opuscula Musealia
volume:	24
date of publication :	2016
pages:	9-13
ISSN:	0239-9989
eISSN:	2084-3852
DOI:	10.4467/20843852.OM.16.001.7434
language:	English
journal language:	Polish
abstract in English:	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 in English:	museum, pharmacy, wax, wheel, seal, apothecary, manual, dyeing, colours, medicinal, inventory
departmental parameterization:	13
affiliation:	Wydział Farmaceutyczny
type:	journal article
subtype:	academic paper