Horsing around: Framing Alchemy in the Manuscript Illustrations of the "Splendor Solis"
Through illustrations notoriously difficult to interpret, even when considered in conjunction with the chapters they presumably depict, the sixteenth-century manuscript "Splendor Solis" exemplifies the highly symbolical approach to representing alchemical processes. The central images of t...
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Year: 2006, Volume: 37, Issue: 3, Pages: 673-699 |
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