{"id":12223,"date":"2012-10-23T02:28:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T01:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/?p=12223"},"modified":"2012-10-23T03:00:10","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T02:00:10","slug":"splendor-solis-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2012\/10\/23\/splendor-solis-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Splendor Solis revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1. The Arms of the Art<\/em><\/p>\n

I have something of an obsession with the plates of the allegorical alchemical text known as the Splendor Solis<\/em><\/a>, hence another post on the subject. This new entry is partly a bookmark for my own convenience, and also a pointer for those who keep arriving here searching for these images.<\/p>\n

The plates this time are taken from this 1922 edition<\/a> at the Internet Archive which presents pages from the copy at the British Library. The colours in the reprint are washed-out and have a reddish cast but that can be easily adjusted using image editing software. The British Library has photos of their pages<\/a> online for comparison. The BL edition is fenced about with the usual copyright warnings whereas the Internet Archive version is a free download here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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2. Philosopher with Flask<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. The Knight on the Double Fountain<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. Solar King and Lunar Queen Meet<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Seven Parables: 5. Miners Excavating Hill<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. Philosophers Beside Tree<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. Drowning King<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. Resurrection out of the Swamp<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. Hermaphrodite with Egg<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. Severing the Head of the King<\/em><\/p>\n

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11. Boiling the Body in the Vessel<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Seven Flasks: 12. Saturn \u2013 Dragon and Child<\/em><\/p>\n

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13. Jupiter \u2013 Three Birds<\/em><\/p>\n

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14. Mars \u2013 Triple-headed Bird<\/em><\/p>\n

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15. Sun \u2013 Triple-headed Dragon<\/em><\/p>\n

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16. Venus \u2013 Peacock’s Tail<\/em><\/p>\n

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17. Mercury \u2013 The White Queen<\/em><\/p>\n

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18. Moon \u2013 The Red King<\/em><\/p>\n

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19. The Black Sun<\/em><\/p>\n

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20. Children at Play<\/em><\/p>\n

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21. Women Washing Clothes<\/em><\/p>\n

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22. Sun Rising over the City<\/em><\/p>\n

Previously on { feuilleton }
\n\u2022 Laurie Lipton\u2019s Splendor Solis<\/a>
\n\u2022 The Arms of the Art<\/a>
\n\u2022 Splendor Solis<\/a>
\n\u2022 Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae<\/a>
\n\u2022 Cabala, Speculum Artis Et Naturae In Alchymia<\/a>
\n\u2022 Digital alchemy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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