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Manuscript page: painted sun, moon, lion, peacock, robed figure, and a horned face rising from flames, with Latin text.

Thesaurus thesaurorum.

A hand-painted manuscript page in watercolor and ink shows a smiling sun and crescent moon among clouds above a lion, a peacock, and a robed figure on a green strip of ground. Below, a horned, grimacing face rises from a flame-filled vessel, with Latin inscriptions beside the figures and a heading across the top.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[1725?]
Medium
Manuscripts
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2776 × 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: Thesaurus thesaurorum: página de manuscrito alquímico con sol, luna y rostro cornudo

Página de manuscrito con ilustraciones pintadas a la acuarela y tinta: un sol sonriente y una luna creciente entre nubes, sobre un león, un pavo real y una figura vestida de blanco en una franja verde. Abajo, un rostro cornudo surge de un recipiente envuelto en llamas, junto a inscripciones latinas y un encabezado en la parte superior.

Português: Thesaurus thesaurorum: página de manuscrito alquímico com sol, lua e rosto chifrudo

Página de manuscrito com ilustrações pintadas em aquarela e tinta: um sol sorridente e uma lua crescente entre nuvens, acima de um leão, um pavão e uma figura de manto branco sobre uma faixa verde. Embaixo, um rosto chifrudo surge de um recipiente envolto em chamas, ao lado de inscrições em latim e um cabeçalho no alto da página.

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