Dominus sylvarum potitus est suo regno

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:: Francofurti: Hermannum a Sande, 1677 [1678]
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Alchemy
Symbolism
Emblems and Insignia
Genre(s):: Book Illustrations
Abstract:: A man is sitting on a throne with a fish for an arm rest and a dragon for a foot stool; he is wearing a crown and is holding a staff in one hand and a sphere with a cross in the other; a city is in the background.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Is part of: Musaeum hermeticum reformatum et amplificatum... , p. 359.; See related catalog record: 2389044R
Extent:: 1 print
Technique:: woodcut
NLM Unique ID:: 101435257 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A012140
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101435257

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