Showing posts with label alchemy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alchemy. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Pisces Austrinus

detail. France 9th cent.

Illustration of the constellation Pisces Austrinus, the Southern fish, swallowing water...

Sunday, January 30, 2011

The Beautiful Bird's Nest

Das wunderbarliche Vogel-Nest by Hans Grimmelshausen , 1675

Saturday, January 22, 2011

To Want The Same As God


Idem Velle Quod Dues Vult 1715, originally uploaded by Aria Nadii.

1715 Engraving by Carl Remshart from Fortitudo Leonina in utraque fortuna Maximiliani Emmanuelis

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Virgil Solis 1561


Virgil Solis 1561, originally uploaded by Aria Nadii.

Folio leaf from German Luther Bible, Frankfurt, Zöpfel, Rasch u. Feyerabend, 1561, fine initial and woodcut are by Virgil Solis.

Friday, December 03, 2010

The Magician


The Magician, originally uploaded by Aria Nadii.

original page 27 from William Lilly's Catastrophe Mundi 1683