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Emblema V. Appone mulieri super mammas bufonem, ut ablactet eum, & moriatur mulier, sitque bufo grossus de lacte.
- Emblem 5. Put a toad to the woman's breast, that she may suckle him 'till she die, and he become gross with her milk.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema IV. Conjunge fratrem cum sorore & propina illis poculum amoris.
- Emblem 4. Join brother and sister and hand them the cup of love.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema III. Vade ad mulierem lavantem pannos, tu fac similiter.
- Emblem 3. Go to the woman who washes sheets, and do likewise.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema II. Nutrix ejus terra est.
- Emblem 2. The Earth is his nurse.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema I. Portavit eum ventus in ventre suo.
- Emblem 1. The wind carried him in its belly.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema L. Draco mulierem, & hæc illum interimit, simulque sanguine perfunduntur.
- Emblem 50. The dragon kills the woman, and she him, and together they are soaked in blood.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema XLIX. Infans Philosophicus tres agnoscit patres, ut Orion.
- Emblem 49. The Philosophic child acknowledges three fathers, like Orion.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema XLVIII. Rex ab aquis potatis morbum, à medicis curatus sanitatem obtinet.
- Emblem 48. The king, sick from drinking the waters, is cured by the physicians and gains his health.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema XLVII. Lupus ab Oriente & Canis ab Occidente venientes se invicem momorderunt.
- Emblem 47. The Wolf coming from the East and the Dog coming from the West have bitten each other.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema XLVI. Aquilae duæ, una ab ortu, altera ab occasu conveniunt.
- Emblem 46. Two eagles meet, one from the east and one from the west.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema XLV. Sol et ejus umbra perficiunt opus.
- Emblem 45. The sun and its shadow complete the work.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema LXIV [XLIV]. Dolo Typhon Osyridem trucidat, artusque illius Hinc inde dissipat, sed hos collegit Isis inclyta.
- Emblem 44. Typhon kills Osiris by trickery, and disperses his limbs, but the renowned Isis gathered them together.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema XLIII. Audi loquacem vulturem, qui neutiquam te decipit.
- Emblem 43. Hear the garrulous vulture, who has no intention to deceive.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema XLII. In Chymicis versanti Natura, Ratio, Experientia & lectio, sint Dux, scipio, perspicilia & lampas.
- Emblem 42. Let Nature, Reason, Experience and reading be the Guide, staff, spectacles and lamp for the one versed in Chemistry.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema XLI. Adonis ab apro occiditur, cui Venus accurrens tinxit Rosas sanguine.
- Emblem 41. Adonis is slain by a boar, and as Venus comes running she colors the Roses with her blood.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema XXXIX. Oedypus Sphynge superata & trucidato Lajo patre matrem ducit in uxorem.
- Emblem 39. Oedipus, having overcome the Sphinx and killed his father Laius, takes his mother to wife.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema XL. Ex duabus aquis, fac unam, & erit aqua sanctitatis.
- Emblem 40. From two waters make one, and it will be the water of holiness.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema XXXVIII. Rebis, ut Hermaphroditus, nascitur ex duobus montibus, Mercurii & Veneris.
- Emblem 38. The Rebis, like a Hermaphrodite, is born from two mountains, of Mercury and of Venus.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema XXXVII. Tria sufficiunt ad magisterium, fumus albus, hoc est, aqua, leo viridis, id est, æs Hermetis, & aqua fœtida.
- Emblem 37. Three things are sufficient for the magistery, white smoke, that is, water, the green lion, that is, the ore of Hermes, and foetid water.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Emblema XXXVI. Lapis projectus est in terras, & in montibus exaltatus, & in aëre habitat, & in flumine pascitur, id est, Mercurius.
- Emblem 36. The stone that is Mercury, is cast upon the land, lifted into the mountains, resides in the air, and nourished in the waters.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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L'Arte Vetraria distinta in Libri Sette
- The Art of Glass
- 1612
This early treatise on the chemistry and technology of glassmaking by Antonio Neri revealed the closely guarded secrets of Venetian glassmaking for the first time. The main part of the text deals with the coloring of…
- Author Neri, Antonio, 1576-1614
- Publisher Nella Stamperia de'Giunti
- Subject Precious stones, Artificial, Glass manufacture
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Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects. Whereto is premis'd a Discourse About such kind of Thoughts.
- Occasional Reflexions
- 1665
Dedicated to "Sophronia" (Robert Boyle's "dearest sister," Lady Ranelagh), this is a compendium of moral essays that Boyle had previously written in Stalbridge and Oxford. The work draws parallels between natural…
- Author Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691
- Printer W. Wilson for Henry Herringman
- Subject Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691, Meditations, Philosophy, Physics, Essays
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Bleeding bowl
- 1752
Bowls like this one were used to catch the blood released by bleeding. The appearance of blood was a useful diagnostic tool for physicians, who examined it for clues about the body's internal state. This large bowl was…
- Subject Medicine, Bloodletting, Blood, Phlebotomy
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A Blacksmith's Shop
- 1771-Aug-25
The glow of heated metal on the anvil and the distant light of the moon are placed into dramatic parallel in this mezzotint, after a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby. Wright's use of deep shadow and chiaroscuro light…
- After Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797
- Artist Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822
- Publisher Boydell, John, 1720-1804
- Subject Blacksmithing, Forge shops, Forge shops in art
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A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery
- 1768-May-20
Wonder, curiosity, and deep thought: the audience in this mezzotint, after a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, models a range of possible responses to science. At center, a brass orrery--a device used to model the…
