Detail View: Rylands Collection: Saturn - Dragon & Child
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Image Number:
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JRL060505dc
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Reference Number:
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German MS 7
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Image Title:
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Saturn - Dragon & Child
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Parent Work Title:
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Splendor Solis
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Creator:
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Wing, Caleb W.
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Date Created:
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1847-1852
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Page/Sheet:
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26r
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Image Sequence Number:
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026r
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Description:
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Saturn - Dragon & Child. The series of images in Splendor Solis show the alchemical death and rebirth of the king. Each flask represents a planet. Surrounding the flask are various scenes of daily life including tanning a hide, ploughing a field, a hanging, a funeral and beggars at a town gate. The images were copied by Wing from the Splendor Solis in the British Library (Harl. MS 3469), written and illuminated in 1582. Wing was a British painter and illuminator, active during the 19th century.
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Language Code:
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ger-DE
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Subject:
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Alchemy
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Illustrated works
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Technique Used:
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Painting (image-making)
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Item Height:
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310 mm
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Item Width:
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234 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Mrs Rylands private collection
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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References:
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British Library, Harl. MS 4369
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2006-03-17
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Gten
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2006-04
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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