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IMAGE number: BL5242496
Image title: Two men with pestle and mortars, a man holding a gold urn next to a fire, and a man stirring a pot, from 'Ordinal of Alchemy' (vellum)
Artist: English School, (15th century) / English
Location: British Library, London, UK
Medium: vellum
Date: C15th AD

Image description: Two men with pestle and mortars, a man holding a gold urn next to a fire, and a man stirring a pot; above are four heads labelled Gerberus, Arnuldus, Rasis and Hermes with their speech on scrolls. Ordinal of Alchemy Thomas Norton 4th quarter of the 15th century
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: alchemist / alchemy / manuscript / alchemists

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