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(First section) A medallion, partly damaged but containing some drawing in the lower half, atop...
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(First section) A medallion, partly damaged but containing some drawing in the lower half, atop a blank panel. - a monk-like figure reclining on a grassy platform, clothed in a white hooded robe, with his left eye closed; an angel standing at his feet, bearing a platter of unidentified objects. - a monk-like figure reclining on a grassy platform, clothed in a white hooded robe, awake; an angel standing at his feet, bearing a platter containing a heart with a knife stuck in it. A speech scroll accompanies the angel; the text is partially legible: 'Collirio inunge oculus tuos vi videns'. - a scroll, bearing a largely illegible inscription (from Ashmole Roll 53: 'Est lapis occultus secreto fonte sepultus fermentu variat lapide qui conta colora'); beneath, a frog.
(There is a join at this location between two sheets of paper. Comparison with Ashmole Roll 53 shows a small section is missing.) - within a ribboned section, seven roundels connected by laureal wreaths/ropes to a central red shape, illustrating stages in the alchemical process. Each roundel contains a monk-like figure similar to those depicted above, attending in various ways to a furnace, atop which sits a large flask containing a homunculus. -
- the ribbons come together at a capital on top of a pillar. A naked, dragon-tailed woman straddles the pillar upside-down, caressing the head of a naked, bearded man climbing up beneath her. - the base of the pillar stands within a hexagonal battlemented enclosure filled with water. Six further monk-like figures stand in the turrets at the corners. The front wall of the enclosure bears a large red dragon and a small green frog.
Alchemical rolls (The Ripley Scrolls)
Author: Ripley, George /
late 16th century.
Source/Shelfmark: Add. 5025.(1) Recto Top of scroll
The present scroll comprises a series of emblems drawn in pen and watercolours, interspersed with labels, verses and inscriptions in Latin and English.
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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images