Postcard - ‘Figure 5 from Splendor Solis'
The First Phase -The Extraction of the Ore. The ore is being mined by two alchemists in order to obtain the prima materia.
Figure 5 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