Art, Symbol & Imagination
Gathering Coral from the Water: Emblem XXXII
A man leans from a rocky bank and lifts a branching form from the water with a long tool. A bridge and town stretch across the background. Emblem XXXII uses the source’s account of coral changing between water and air as a comparison for the philosophers’ stone.
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Matthaeus Merian. "Gathering Coral from the Water: Emblem XXXII" [editorial title]. In Atalanta Fugiens, Michael Maier. Inspected engraved title: Oppenheim, Hieronymus Galler for Johann Theodor de Bry, M DC XVIII (1618). Latin and German historical printing with musical fugues and engraved emblems, final errata. Printing date checked on an enlarged crop of the existing title derivative. No modern English translation or new commentary., 1618, Hieronymus Galler for Johann Theodor de Bry. Source scan leaf 145. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/maier-coral-harvest
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Descriptive title supplied for browsing. The complete original page retains its Latin motto, epigram, margins and paper tone. The scene belongs to Maier’s historical alchemical allegory.
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Matthaeus Merian. Gathering Coral from the Water: Emblem XXXII. Atalanta Fugiens. Scan leaf 145. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/maier-coral-harvest