Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Bird Returning to Its Nest: Emblem VII
A nest and birds crown an immense rocky pinnacle above a town. One bird rises while another remains near the summit. Emblem VII compares departure and return to the bird that flies from its nest and falls back into it.
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Matthaeus Merian. "The Bird Returning to Its Nest: Emblem VII" [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 45. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/maier-returning-bird
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Complete historical source page; editorial descriptive title. Original colours, marks, margins and captions retained.
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Matthaeus Merian. The Bird Returning to Its Nest: Emblem VII. Atalanta Fugiens. Scan leaf 45. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/maier-returning-bird