Aphoristic Astrology of Ptolemy, Hermes, and Others (1641) - Page 2

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H original: "gepl. onder Hermes" — Dutch for "placed under Hermes," likely a filing instruction.

A small, simple ink sketch of a pedestal or altar, consisting of two vertical lines and a horizontal top.

A modern printed library sticker with an oval emblem. The text "HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY" original: "PHILOSOPHIA • HERMETICA" is printed around the border. The central image shows a "pelican in her piety" pelican in her piety: a traditional symbol of self-sacrifice where a mother pelican feeds her young with her own blood; in alchemy, this often represents the stage of "rubedo" or the nourishment of the Great Work, pecking her breast to feed three chicks in a nest. Below the nest is a coat of arms with four red roses on a white field. Golden rays descend from a cloud at the top of the oval.