File:Winged Sun alchemical.jpg

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English: 16th century woodcut of a winged sun hovering above a sepulchre filled with water, from Rosary of the Philosophers (Frankfurt, 1550)

The illustration is of the illuminatio stage. It is captioned with

"Here Sol plainly dies again,
And is drowned with the Mercury of the Philosophers."
in the 18th century English translation.
Date 16th century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source http://www.alchemywebsite.com/virtual_museum/rosarium_philosophorum_room.html
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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current18:47, 1 June 2021Thumbnail for version as of 18:47, 1 June 2021596 × 600 (61 KB)Paroll (talk | contribs)greater
08:55, 5 January 2018Thumbnail for version as of 08:55, 5 January 2018292 × 294 (112 KB)Kaldari (talk | contribs)higher res
15:57, 3 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 15:57, 3 March 2006180 × 181 (8 KB)Dbachmann (talk | contribs)A winged sun hovers above a sepulchre filled with water, from ''Rosary of the Philosophers''

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