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Click to view high resolution image Title: Alchemical Androgyne Creator: Description: The alchemical androgyne represents the perfect pre-lapsarian unity of male and female principles. This manuscript differs from most other alchemical works inasmuch as its format is predominantly religious and filled with biblical references, and even more importantly, because it represents the alchemical opus as a process whereby the feminine wisdom Sophia must be liberated. Written in seven poetic but scholarly chapters, the treatise traces the liberation of Sophia from confinement by way of the alchemical phases of transformation. Source: Wikimedia Commons Rights: Public domain Subject (See Also): Alchemy Gender Nude Geographic Area: Germany Century: 15 Date: ca. 1420 Related Work: "Aurora consurgens," a fifteenth century illuminated manuscript with an alchemical treatise. Current Location: Zurich, Zentralbibliothek, MS. Rhenoviensis 172, frontispiece Original Location: Basel, St. Leonhard, high altar Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Manuscript illuminations Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Watercolor Donor: Height/Width/Length(cm): // Inscription: Related Resources:

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