Art, Symbol & Imagination
Osiris, Typhon and Isis: Emblem XLIV
A crowned body lies within a long open chest while standing figures reach towards its separated parts. The action takes place in a columned interior with distant attendants. Emblem XLIV invokes Typhon’s destruction of Osiris and Isis gathering his members as an allegory of division and restoration.
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Matthaeus Merian. "Osiris, Typhon and Isis: Emblem XLIV" [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 193. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/maier-osiris-isis
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
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. The plate heading misprints LXIV; the epigram identifies XLIV. The original scan is unchanged.
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Matthaeus Merian. Osiris, Typhon and Isis: Emblem XLIV. Atalanta Fugiens. Scan leaf 193. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/maier-osiris-isis