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A lion ('leo viridis') and a dragon ('basiliseus horribilis') salient , the left one white...

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BL3292666
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A lion ('leo viridis') and a dragon ('basiliseus horribilis') salient , the left one white and the right one red, rearing up before a hermetic flask (labelled above 'matrimonium viri et mulieris', and below 'hec duo mercurious mundi') that contains golden droplets, a golden bird ('spiritus'), a white woman ('anima') and golden man ('corpus').A furnace heating a bath containing a flask, entitled 'Ignis viseralis calida sed humido operatur in frigides et siccis virtutem'); a verse in English beneath.Two distillation flasks with conjoined spouts, containing golden droplets.a tower furnace enclosing two conjoined flasks that separate 'spiritus' (above) from 'anima' and 'corpus' (below); Latin verses on either side.
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English School, (16th century) / English
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British Library, London, UK
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vellum
Date
C16th AD
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Alchemical rolls (The Ripley Scrolls) Author: Ripley, George / late 16th century. Source/Shelfmark: Add. 5025.(3) third section

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