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This engraved portrait depicts the Christian mystic Jacob Böhme. He has shoulder-length hair, a thin mustache, and a pointed goatee. He wears a simple dark doublet with a wide, flat white collar known as a falling band. The portrait is set within a rectangular frame that resembles a stone niche recessed into a brick wall.
The fish lives in the water, the plants in the earth;
The bird in the air, the sun in the firmament;
The salamander In ancient and medieval folklore, the salamander was a mythical reptile believed to live in or endure fire. must be sustained in the fire:
And God's heart is Jacob Böhme's element. The word element here refers to the natural environment where a being thrives, just as water is for fish.