Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Speaking Vulture on the Mountain: Emblem XLIII
A great bird spreads its wings from the summit of a narrow rock above a small town. An inscribed ribbon curves beside its beak. Emblem XLIII gives the vulture a speech naming successive colours, connecting the fantastic bird with alchemical transformation.
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Matthaeus Merian. "The Speaking Vulture on the Mountain: Emblem XLIII" [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 189. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/maier-vulture-mountain
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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.
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Matthaeus Merian. The Speaking Vulture on the Mountain: Emblem XLIII. Atalanta Fugiens. Scan leaf 189. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/maier-vulture-mountain