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Engraved plate of a winged figure with a scythe above a rocky mountain and a small stone building, with Latin text on the page.

Atalanta fvgiens, hoc est emblemata nova de secretis naturae chymica. Accommodata partim oculis & intellectui, figuris cupro incisis, adjectisqúe sententiis, epigrammatis & notis, partim auribus & recreationi animi plus minus 50 fugis musicalibus trium vocum, quarum duÆ ad unam simplicem melodiam distichis canendis peraptam, correspondeant ... / authore Michaele Majero.

An engraved emblem plate showing a winged figure with a scythe in the sky above a rocky mountain, a stone held in the air, and a stone building in a wooded landscape. Printed Latin text with an epigram fills the page above and below the image.

Artist
Michael Maier
Date
1618
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2849 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1618.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Emblema XII: Saturno devorando una piedra, de Atalanta Fugiens

Una lámina de emblema grabada que muestra una figura alada con una guadaña en el cielo, sobre una montaña rocosa, con una piedra suspendida en el aire y una pequeña construcción de piedra en un paisaje boscoso. El texto latino y el epigrama ocupan la página.

Português: Emblema XII: Saturno devorando uma pedra, de Atalanta Fugiens

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