Celtic / Insular Illuminated Manuscripts:Book of Kells
Book of Armagh
Book of Cerne
Book of Deer
Book of Dimma
Book of Durrow
Book of Mulling
Cathach of St. Columba
Durham Gospels
Hereford Gospels
Lichfield Gospels
Lindisfarne Gospels
Carolingian Manuscripts:Ebbo Gospels
Echternach Gospels
Sacramentary of Gellone
Romanesque / Protogothic manuscripts:
Martyrdoms of St. Peter & Paul (MS 28)
Passionale (MS Harley 624)
Gothic manuscripts:
Bestiary (MS Sloane 3544)
Miscellaneous manuscripts:
The Book of the White Earl (MS. Laud Misc. 610)
Old-Time books (XVI-XIX):
Abraham Eleazar (Samullis Baruch), Donum Dei (1735)
Aztec and Mesoamerican manuscripts:
Codex Borgia
Codex Magliabechiano
Codex Telleriano-Remensis
Florentine Codex
| Abraham Eleazar (Samullis Baruch), Donum Dei (1735)Language German | Century XVIIIOrigin Germany, Erfurt |
The 18th century alchemical work by Abraham Eleazar the Jew, "Uraltes chymisches Werck", Erfurt, 1735, contains a work entitled Donum Dei by Simon (Samullis ) Baruch, which has a series of engravings related to the Eleazar series.
The book was formerly written by the author, partly in Latin and Arabian, partly in Chaldee and the Syriac Language and Written Afterwards by one who remains Anonymous. Translated to German. Abraham Eleazar (Samullis Baruch), Donum Dei (1735) IllustrationsIllustration 1  | Page (Folio): n/a Ouroboros. In front of a tree bare of leaves, two serpent dragons seize each other's tail and form an ouroboros. The upper snake is winged and wears a crown. On the left foreground a tulip-like flower is growing. | Vector Clipart  |
Illustration 2  | Page (Folio): n/a Serpents Ouroboros. Two serpent dragons seize each other's tail and form an ouroboros. The upper snake is winged and wears a crown. The signs of the four elements are set in a square around them. Associated with Water at the top left is Philosophical Mercury and Spirit; Air at the top right has Philosophical Sulphur and Soul; Fire at the bottom left has Philosophical Salt and 'Leib' - body or belly; while at the bottom right is Philosophical Earth and 'Corpus' - Body. | Vector Clipart  |
Illustration 3  | Page (Folio): n/a Serpent Ouroboros. A single serpent dragon or snake seizes its tail and forms the ouroboros. It is crowned. In a square around it are 'The fixed fire' at the top left; 'The Holy Earth' on the bottom left and the 'First Paradise' at the lower right. | Vector Clipart  |
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