Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Ancient Poets Animate Nature
Small bodies move across the top of the page while another rests beneath the final lines. Green and orange vegetation blends the figures into the illuminated margins. The prose describes ancient poets giving names and personalities to the powers of nature before those forms became systems of priesthood.
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William Blake. "The Ancient Poets Animate Nature" [editorial title]. In The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, William Blake. Complete27 historical engraved plates selected from the supplied1994Dover digital facsimile; modern editorial matter and separate typeset transcription excluded, 1994, Dover Publications. Source scan leaf 16. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0369-0011
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A facsimile reproduction of William Blake’s illuminated book. Lettering and imagery are preserved together where they form a unified plate.
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William Blake. The Ancient Poets Animate Nature. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Scan leaf 16. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0369-0011