[A man and a woman in a mercury bath]

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):: Morgenstern, Philipp, Author
Publication:: Basel: Ludwig Königs, 1613
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Alchemy
Symbolism
Genre(s):: Book Illustrations
Abstract:: A man and a woman, both wearing crowns, are sitting in a mercury bath; they are holding long stemmed flowers which they have crossed so that each can hold one end of the other's flower; a diving bird holds a third flower between the others.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Is part of: Turba philosophorum; das ist, Das Buch von der güldenen Kunst, p. 216.; See related catalog record: 2388037R
Extent:: 1 print
Technique:: woodcut
NLM Unique ID:: 101435248 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A012131
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101435248

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