Art, Symbol & Imagination
Circles, stars and balances: Paper Marks
Circles, crosses, stars and balances share the numbered field of Plate I, headed as drawn from manuscripts. Pott uses such paper marks in her argument about hidden communication in early books. The comparison records the shapes she collected; her claim that they reveal a Baconian society remains the author’s interpretation.
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Illustrator not identified. "Circles, stars and balances: Paper Marks" [editorial title]. In Francis Bacon and His Secret Society, Constance Mary Pott. 1891, S. Low, Marston. Source scan leaf 377. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0028-0377
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Illustrator not identified. Circles, stars and balances: Paper Marks. Francis Bacon and His Secret Society. Scan leaf 377. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0028-0377