Britannicum

Alchemical symbol of transmutation of base metal

Title page of Elias Ashmole's Theatrum Chemicum

Alchemical laboratory showing various forms of

The four great alchemists. From left to right:

Thomas Norton's (fl1477) laboratory. Engraving

Alchemical symbolism: toad and serpent represent

Hierarchy of the Church, with God at the head

Prima Materia Fertilized by the Avis Hermetis, 1652

1678 CIDER MILL