[Hermes/Mercury]

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:: Francofurti: Hermannum a Sande, 1677 [1678]
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Alchemy
Symbolism
Emblems and Insignia
Genre(s):: Book Illustrations
Abstract:: A winged man wearing a crown and holding two caducei is approached from either side by a man, one holding a sword with single serpent (i.e. staff of Aesculapius) and the other, a sword with a cock (symbol associated with Aesculapius).
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Is part of: Musaeum hermeticum reformatum et amplificatum..., p. 396.; See related catalog record: 2389044R
Extent:: 1 print
Technique:: woodcut
NLM Unique ID:: 101435262 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A012145
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101435262

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