Image of (Fourth section): An orange sun with a human face; beneath,

(Fourth section): An orange sun with a human face; beneath, three animals: to the left,...

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Image title: (Fourth section): An orange sun with a human face; beneath, three animals: to the left, a red lion, affronté , a white eagle perching on its head and holding a horseshoe in its beak; in the centre, a red lion, affronté , a cockatrice perching on its head; to the right, a green lion, affronté , a crow perching on its head and holding a horseshoe in its beak. - from the belly of the red lion, a red strand is descending into a large flask; around it, eleven suns (to the left) and eleven moons (to the right), each with a human face, all enclosed by another black-, white- and green-banded crescent moon. - a crowned figure with a red mantle, holding in his right hand a sun caduceus or wand (a serpent is entwined around his arm), and holding in his left hand a moon caduceus; he has seven feet and is standing atop a blank pedestal, to the left of which is standing a pilgrim with a crutch and forked staff (a horseshoe dangling from the fork), and to right a crowned and mitred figure holding a sceptre in his right hand and an orb in his left (the lower part of this figure is missing, due to damage).
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: Alchemical rolls (The Ripley Scrolls) Author: Ripley, George / late 16th century. Source/Shelfmark: Add. 5025.(1) End of scroll. The present scroll comprises a series of emblems drawn in pen and watercolours, interspersed with labels, verses and inscriptions in Latin and English.
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 16th century / animal / astronomy / moon / bird / celestial bodies / animals / crow / science / astronomical / organisms / lion / alchemy / sciences / solar system / astronomical objects / lioness / manuscript / astronomical object / 16th century / big cat / mammal / document / astronomy / feline / natural sciences / felinae

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