Manutius printer’s mark actors are a dolphin and an anchor. The same allegory is also found in two charts in Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. And not to illustrate a popular proverb.
[Read more…] about The Aldus Manutius’ Dolphin at AnchorOrthelius Commentary on Maria Prophitissa. Part 1
Andreas Orthelius starts his scrutiny of Maria’s words with what worries him most: two Fumes including, or turning on, two Lights.
[Read more…] about Orthelius Commentary on Maria Prophitissa. Part 1An Etruscan Urn and the Symbol of the Ancient Tradition
In this Etruscan cinerary Urn, there is a decoration that may explain the symbol of the pillar-shaped altar and why two warriors defend it.
[Read more…] about An Etruscan Urn and the Symbol of the Ancient TraditionFranz Kieser and the two Perceivable Lights
A strange concept to accept is that of the two alchemical lights. Not just one. In Concordantia Chymica Kieser presents those perceptible inside the vessel.
[Read more…] about Franz Kieser and the two Perceivable LightsLancillotti: Glass and Oil according to Currus Thriumphalis. Part 1
The glass of Antimony and the Oil of it. Antimony as a fume. And an enigmatic Festina Lente. Carlo Lancillotti repeats the works in Basilius Currus Triumphalis.
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