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Personification of the Sun (ink & colour on paper)

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BL3115000
Image title
Personification of the Sun (ink & colour on paper)
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English School, (16th century) / English
Location
British Library, London, UK
Medium
vellum
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Illustration relating to the Philosopher's Stone, a legendary alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold (chrysopoeia, from the Greek χρυσός khrusos, "gold," and ποιεῖν poiēin, "to make") or silver.

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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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astronomy / arrow / weapon / book / bird / figure / birds / object / science / astronomical / objects / rising / symbolic / sciences / rises / ashes / symbol / sunshine / manuscript / natural / red / substances / traditions / galaxy / seated / enthroned / stone / carrying / illumination / rays / fire / celestial / astronomy / throne / represents / substance / universe / sun / colour / phoenix / ray / tradition / philosopher's / robe / sun's
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Largest available format 3886 × 5865 px 19 MB
Dimension [pixels] Dimension in 300dpi [mm] File size [MB]
Large 3886 × 5865 px 329 × 497 mm 18.5 MB
Medium 679 × 1024 px 57 × 87 mm 1.1 MB

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