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Concept

Matter

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  • A putto pours a phial into a dragon's mouth, pumping a bellows with his other hand; representing the fixing of volatile matter in the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A black sun with a face descends behind the horizon of a marshy landscape; representing the state of putrefaction in alchemy. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A black man with a red head and right arm emerges from a foul stream into a landscape where a winged woman is waiting for him with a red garment; representing the transformations of the alchemical work from corruption to perfection. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A black sun with a face descends behind the horizon of a marshy landscape; representing the state of putrefaction in alchemy. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A black sun with a face descends behind the horizon of a marshy landscape; representing the state of putrefaction in alchemy. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
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Catalogue

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    Anaxagoras' theory of matter / by Sven-Tage Teodorsson.

    Teodorsson, Sven-Tage. | Date: 1982
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    Philosophical dissertations, with proper reflections : proving I. The non-eternity of matter and that there is a vacuum. II. That there must necessarily be one self-existent being in three self-existent properties ... III. That the light and heat of the sun ... are purely spiritous ... IV. That the soul is immortal / By Benjamin Parker.

    Parker, Benjamin, -1747. | Date: 1738
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    An essay on matter. In five chapters. [Eight lines from Pope]

    Ledyard, Isaac, 1754-1803. | Date: M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784]
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    Der belebte und der undelebte Stoff nach den neuesten Forschungs-ergebnissen / von L. Dressel.

    Dressel, Ludwig, 1840- | Date: 1883
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    Two treatises. In the one of which, the nature of bodies; in the other, the nature of mans soule; is looked into : in way of discovery, of the immortality of reasonable soules : is looked into in wayor discovery, of the immortality of reasonable soules.

    Digby, Kenelm, 1603-1665. | Date: M.DC.XLIIII. [1644]
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