Art, Symbol & Imagination
Saturn and the Stone on Helicon: Emblem XII
An airborne figure extends across the sky above a rocky peak crowned by a small monument. A town and wooded slopes spread out below. Emblem XII refers to the stone swallowed by Saturn in place of Jupiter and later placed on Helicon.
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Matthaeus Merian. "Saturn and the Stone on Helicon: Emblem XII" [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 65. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/maier-saturn-helicon
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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. Saturn and the Stone on Helicon: Emblem XII. Atalanta Fugiens. Scan leaf 65. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/maier-saturn-helicon