Adam McLean's Gallery of alchemical images
Symbola aurea mensae series
This series of 12 engravings was included in Michael Maier's Symbola aurea mensae, Frankfurt, 1617. This presents twelve alchemical heroes of different nations
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SA01. Hermes Trismegistus

SA02. Avicenna

SA03. Morienus

SA04. Albertus Magnus

SA05. Maria the Jewess

SA06. Democritus

SA07. Arnold of Villanova

SA08. Thomas Aquinas

SA09. Raymond Lull

SA10. Roger Bacon

SA11. Melchior Cibinensis

SA12. Sendivogius

All these images are copyright © Adam McLean 1999-2010. These are now available in my book Coloured Alchemical Sequences.
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