Splendor Solis | Bath of the King | 16th Century

From the Splendor Solis — the most beautifully illuminated alchemical manuscript of the 16th century. The king dissolving in the mercurial bath: the Dissolution stage depicted with the richness of Renaissance painting. The gold dissolved, not destroyed, awaiting the purification that will make it more itself than it was. Catalog No. 3605.