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| Keywords: Musaeum Hermeticum 1678 VI. Clavis AQ34 Key 6.tif Matthaeus Merian 1593 “1650 From Tripus aureus hoc est Tres tractatus chymici selectissimi nempe I Basilii Valentini benedictini ordinis monachi Germani practica una cum 12 clavibus et appendice ex germanico; II Thomae Nortoni angli philosophi crede mihi seu ordinale ante annos 140 ab authore seriptum nunc ex anglicano manuscripto in latinum translatum phrasi eujusque authoris ut et sententia retenta; III Cremeri cuiusdam abbatis westmonasteriensis angli testamentum hactenus nondum publicatum nunc in diversarum nationum gratiam editi et figuris cupro affabre incisis ornati operâ et studio Michaelis Maieri phil et med d com p c Francofurti apud Hermannum à Sande MDCLXXVII as published in the collection Musaeum hermeticum reformatum et amplificatum Francofurti Apud Hermannum à Sande 1678 In Latin The part in question 'I Basilii Valentini benedictini ordinis monachi Germani practica una cum 12 clavibus et appendice ex germanico;' or 'Basil Valentine a German monk of the Benedictine order one study with the twelve keys and the appendix translated from the German ' At the center of the picture is a bishop right hand raised to bless the wedding of a King left and Queen right They stand under a dark cloud from which heavy rain is falling Above the cloud forms a rainbow To the left of the King is the Sun and on the right of the Queen is a crescent Moon Below the sun is a swan or goose On the left near the King is a cylindrical vessel is being heated on a fire The top of the vessel is a double-faced head from whose mouths come collecting flasks The top of the head has flames for hair To the right of the Queen stands an alchemist with a trident pouring water from a flask into a water bath in which an alembic or retort is being heated atop a furnace The fumes which are emitted condense and are collected in a flask below which contains a layer of liquid http //othmerlib chemheritage org/record b1035996~S6 Catalog Information From the copy in the Roy G Neville Historical Chemical Library http //www chemheritage org/ Chemical Heritage Foundation Downloaded with permission from the Chemical Heritage Foundation as part of the Wikipedian in Residence initiative Chemical Heritage Foundation http //www chemheritage org/ Chemical Heritage Foundation 1678 PD-old-100 PD-old-100 cc-by-3 0 Chemical Heritage Foundation Musaeum Hermeticum Archives Images from the Chemical Heritage Foundation Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine PD-old-100 | ||||