Symbolical representation of alchemical processes.
Description
One leaf with painted symbolical representations of alchemical
processes and Dutch inscriptions and mottoes. Tower represented in
perspective, seen from above, with door in the lower part. In the
centre are figures of a man and woman representing the sun and
moon. The sun holds two keys and the moon one (to the doors
above?). In the upper part of the tower, three rows of battlements.
In the centre of the inner wall (red), a golden tree grows out of
flames. In its branches is a two-faced king holding sceptre. On
either side of the tree are the sun and the moon on a blue
background. Scrolls carry inscriptions in Dutch. Archer by the side
of the door in the innermost wall. Between the black exterior wall
and the white one are a lion and a corpse with its soul departing
(depicted as a naked figure). Outside the door in the black wall is
a ram.
This manuscript contains a collection of manuscript fragments
dating from the 8th to the 17th century.
