Secret Sciences,

Initiations

Newer Associations.

A circular copperplate engraving depicting a scholar in a study. The man, wearing robes and a cap, sits at a desk with an open book and a celestial globe, pointing a telescope through an open window toward the sky. Behind him stands another, larger globe. Above the scene is a banner with the Latin motto: "From things seen, he points to the unseen" original Latin: "EX VISIS INDICAT NON VISA". Below the circular frame is the engraver's signature: "Jos: Philippin engraved [this]." original: "sc.", an abbreviation for the Latin "sculpsit".