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Manuscript page: painted sun, moon, lion, peacock, robed figure, and a horned face rising from flames, with Latin text.

Thesaurus thesaurorum: alchemical manuscript page with sun, moon and horned face

A hand-painted manuscript page in watercolor and ink shows a smiling sun and crescent moon among clouds above a lion, a peacock, and a robed figure on a green strip of ground. Below, a horned, grimacing face rises from a flame-filled vessel, with Latin inscriptions beside the figures and a heading across the top.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[1725?]
Medium
Manuscripts
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2776 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1735.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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