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Original fileAurora Consurgens
On the left, a figure with a radiant, sun-faced head and armored body rides a lion, holding a shield featuring a dark crescent. On the right, a nude figure with a dark, moon-faced head rides a griffin and holds a shield depicting a sunburst. The two figures extend long, thin rods toward one another in a symbolic duel against a flat, solid red background. The contrast between the solar and lunar imagery reflects the chemical marriage of opposites central to alchemical transformation.
This image illustrates the 'chymical wedding' of the Sun (Sol) and Moon (Luna), representing the synthesis of opposites (the conjunctio) in Western alchemy. It originates from the Aurora Consurgens, a 15th-century manuscript traditionally attributed to Thomas Aquinas but more likely written by a contemporary alchemical practitioner.
Aurora Consurgens
This illustration is a central plate from the 15th-century alchemical treatise attributed to the school of Thomas Aquinas.
Object
manuscript illumination
vellum
Medieval
European
allegory
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
755 × 473 px
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