Postcard - ‘Figure 20 from Splendor Solis'
After Solution comes Coagulation. The ever-changing nature of the prima materia and the many colours resulting from this operation makes the alchemical work resemble children playing and turning everything upside-down.
Figure 20 from Splendor solis, ascribed to Salomon Trismosin. Woodcut from the edition in Aureum vellus oder guldin Schatz und Kunstkammer, Rorschach, 1598. 11,3x13 cm | © EFM/Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Collection
Details
There is a brief explanation of the image on the reverse of the card.
Size: 105x150 mm
© EFM/Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Collection