File:Ripley alchemical scroll - Philosophical mercury dissolves silver and gold - Leonard Smethley, Princeton University Library, 1624.jpg
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Leonard Smethley, after George Ripley |
| Description |
English: Philosophical mercury dissolves silver and gold and creates its own life-giving blood as an elixir: the Serpent of Arabia |
| Date | 1624 |
| Medium | 1 roll (14 membranes) : parchment, illustrations ; 5370 x 525 mm |
| Collection | Princeton University Library |
| Accession number |
MS. Roll |
| References | https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/10863632 |
| Source/Photographer | www.nature.com ARTS REVIEW 29 April 2020 Jennifer Rampling: Elixirs for times of plague and bullion shortage. Spectacular alchemical scrolls record ideas of flux in times of massive upheaval - medical, social, economic and political |
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