Occult Literature
The Bird within the Vessel: Splendor Solis, Plate XV
A bird with a long curving neck stands within a pale crowned vessel set in a formal niche. Groups of people occupy the square outside while a small chariot crosses the upper margin. The plate gives one stage of the fourth treatise’s transformation a distinct animal form.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Bird within the Vessel: Splendor Solis, Plate XV" [editorial title]. In Splendor Solis, Attributed to Solomon Trismosin; explanatory notes by J. K.. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.; undated title, catalogued as 1920 by Cornell University Library., undated edition, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.. Source scan leaf 69. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0412-0060
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Illustrator not identified. The Bird within the Vessel: Splendor Solis, Plate XV. Splendor Solis. Scan leaf 69. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0412-0060