EditorialInferno: The alchemists Griffolino and probably Capocchio (image has been partially effaced.). Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), with a commentary in Latin. 1st half of the 14th century. Source: Egerton 943, f.52v. Language: Itali...
EditorialThe base of the tree stands in a heptagonal battlemented enclosure filled with water, its trunk supporting a grapevine held at the bottom by a naked man and woman; alchemists stand in the seven turrets, each holding a flask with the word 'imbibing' ins...
EditorialInferno: The alchemists Griffolino and probably Capocchio (image has been partially effaced.). Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), with a commentary in Latin. 1st half of the 14th century. Source: Egerton 943, f.52v. Language: Itali...
EditorialIllustration of the First Parable: alchemists searching for gold by quarrying into a rock; below, Esther and Ahasuerus. Splendor Solis. Germany, 1582. Source: Harley 3469, f.13v. Language: German.
EditorialIllustration of the First Parable: alchemists searching for gold by quarrying into a rock; below, Esther and Ahasuerus. Splendor Solis. Germany, 1582. Source: Harley 3469, f.13v. Language: German.
EditorialInferno: The alchemists Griffolino and probably Capocchio (image has been partially effaced.). Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), with a commentary in Latin. 1st half of the 14th century. Source: Egerton 943, f.52v. Language: Itali...
EditorialMiryam, the Christian maiden versed in the art of alchemy consulted by other alchemists. Khamsa. ('Five Poems'). India, 1595. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa ('Five Poems'). . Source: Or. 12208, f.294. Langua...
EditorialThe base of the tree stands in a heptagonal battlemented enclosure filled with water, its trunk supporting a grapevine held at the bottom by a naked man and woman; alchemists stand in the seven turrets, each holding a flask with the word 'imbibing' ins...
EditorialA naked, dragon-tailed woman hanging from the branches and caressing a naked man sat on the trunk of the tree; they are surrounded on either side by five gold feathers (to the left) or five silver feathers (to the right), each labelled ('spiritus', 'an...