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Hand-painted manuscript page with a rainbow, a pink fire-headed serpent, a winged figure, and two alchemical glass vessels below.

Thesaurus thesaurorum.

A hand-painted manuscript page shows a rainbow arching over clouds, a pink serpent with a flaming head coiling across the ground, and a winged figure in red near a fire at upper right. Below, two glass vessels with colored liquids are drawn beside handwritten Latin captions, suggesting alchemical instruction.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[1725?]
Medium
Manuscripts
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2676 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1735.
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: Página de manuscrito alquímico con arcoíris, serpiente y vasijas

Una página de manuscrito pintada a mano muestra un arcoíris que se arquea sobre nubes, una serpiente rosada con cabeza en llamas enroscada en el suelo y una figura alada de rojo cerca de un fuego a la derecha. Abajo, dos vasijas de vidrio con líquidos de colores se dibujan junto a leyendas manuscritas en latín, sugiriendo instrucción alquímica.

Português: Página de manuscrito alquímico com arco-íris, serpente e vasos

Uma página de manuscrito pintada à mão mostra um arco-íris curvado sobre nuvens, uma serpente rosada com cabeça em chamas enroscada no chão e uma figura alada de vermelho perto de um fogo à direita. Embaixo, dois vasos de vidro com líquidos coloridos são desenhados ao lado de legendas manuscritas em latim, sugerindo instrução alquímica.

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