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Black-and-white engraving of a radial diagram with six spoke-like arms ending in scalloped cartouches around a central circle with figures.

Integrum morborum mysterium, sive medicinæ catholicæ tomi primi tractatus secundus. [Pulsus seu nova et arcana pulsuum historia ... Hoc est, portionis tertiae pars tertia, de pulsuum scientia ... medicorum ... sive tomi primi tractatus secundi, sectio secunda, de morborum signis ... hoc est, divinatio per urinam.] In sectiones distributus duas : quorum ... / authore Robert Fludd, alias De Fluctibus.

A black-and-white engraved plate shows a radial diagram: a central circle with small figures and a sun-like motif, from which six spoke-like arms reach out to scalloped cartouches holding figures and symbols. Fine hatching and printed text lines fill the page background behind the design.

Artist
Robert Fludd
Date
1631
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3357 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1631.
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Español: Diagrama radial con figuras y cartelas, Robert Fludd, 1631

Grabado en blanco y negro que muestra un diagrama radial: un círculo central con pequeñas figuras y un motivo similar a un sol, del que salen seis brazos hacia cartelas festoneadas con figuras y símbolos. Trama fina y líneas de texto impreso llenan el fondo de la página alrededor del diseño.

Português: Diagrama radial com figuras e cartelas, Robert Fludd, 1631

Gravura em preto e branco mostrando um diagrama radial: um círculo central com pequenas figuras e um motivo semelhante a um sol, de onde saem seis braços até cartelas recortadas com figuras e símbolos. Hachuras finas e linhas de texto impresso preenchem o fundo da página ao redor do desenho.

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