TY - CHAP DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Plate 5 from Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, Solius, Verae [Amphitheatre of the Only True Eternal Wisdom] T2 - Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae Solius Verae ID - ng451h55k AU - Khunrath, Heinrich PB - Wilhelm Antonius CY - Hanau, Germany DA - 1609/// YR - 1609 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/ng451h55k AB - Plate 5 of Khunrath Heinrich's (1560-1605) Amphitheatrum Sapientiae, purportedly one of the most significant books of theosophical alchemy and the occult sciences. Though the title page reads 1602, the book was not published until 1609. Erasmus Wohlfahrt edited and published the manuscript following Heinrich's death in 1605. Wohlfahrt also added a preface and conclusion. The work contains masterful engravings, remarkable for their execution as well as alchemical symbolism. Nine double-paged copperplate engravings, a title page, and a frontispiece can be found in the digital collections. A circular engraving. Within several concentric rings heavily filled with text, a square is outlined. The square contains imagery of a holy book, stone tablets, and text written in a triangular form. At the center, a two-headed figure speaks. KW - Alchemy KW - Alchemy in art KW - Alchemy--Religious aspects KW - Christian art and symbolism KW - Engraving--Printing KW - Occultism KW - Theosophy LA - Latin ER -