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[s.n.] · 1666

An emblematic circular diagram centered on a large cross. The cross is composed of four rectangular arms meeting at a small central circle. Latin text is inscribed along the outer circumference of the large circle, within each arm of the cross, along the outer edges of the cross, and inside the central circle. The design symbolizes mystical or alchemical themes involving the cross (Crux) and the Sun (Sol).
* I do not fear to die, by the vow of a better sheepfold:
For the * Cross stands before my eyes, as in a Mirror, as the future life.
The cross is the best guide. * The cross presses, and is heavy to me.
The cross passes into light,
the whole world before the cross. * The cross
The cross makes the guide by art.
The Black has been turned into the Red original: "Nigra versa est in Rubram," referring to the alchemical stages of nigredo and rubedo,
The White cross approaches. * The cross
Light will be lacking to the Sun,
it blesses, and creates toward God,
it blesses, let it go before, the cross is light,
a handle for arriving. * The cross
The shadow will be a guide to the Sun.