Title page with Wise to a Hemeliglobe, Jacques Callot, 1630 print In a paradisiacal environment there are five gentlemen around an open sky globe, which is placed on a pedestal with the Bible text 'Mundum Tradidit Disputationi Eorum'. They each represent a way to explain creation. For example, the man with the hourglass on which a flame burns for the explanation from the eternal fire. The man with the book on which a crown lies from which a snake emerges stands for the astrological or alchemical way of explaining. The other three represent the statement with the help of figures (left front), t
Title page with Wise to a Hemeliglobe, Jacques Callot, 1630 print In a paradisiacal environment there are five gentlemen around an open sky globe, which is placed on a pedestal with the Bible text 'Mundum Tradidit Disputationi Eorum'. They each represent a way to explain creation. For example, the man with the hourglass on which a flame burns for the explanation from the eternal fire. The man with the book on which a crown lies from which a snake emerges stands for the astrological or alchemical way of explaining. The other three represent the statement with the help of figures (left front), the kabbalistic explanation (front right) and the geometric statement (two men from the right). Nancy paper etching group of scholars or philosophers. Garden of Eden, paradise. title-page
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