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Alchemy and Art in the 16th and 17th centuries - Paul Ferguson - 07-10-2023
Thesis by Lynette Dawn Grant.
"The examination of alchemical art in Europe during
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries brings to light the
fact that the symbols employed invariably had multiple meanings,
but embodied a consistent polarity.
In pictorial representation the secret meanings implied
in the symbols were sometimes less concealed, and the possibility
of gaining more insight into the true nature of alchemy is therefore
probably greater by this type of examination than by scrutiny of
literary records alone. The process not only reveals something of
the nature of alchemy but gives an indication of the attitudes of
the various artists to alchemy and the degree to which they were
truly initiated into the secrets of the alchemical doctrine."
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