About This Item
Title
Effigies Paracelsi medici celeberrimi
Subject
Paracelsus, 1493-1541
Book Illustrations
Portraits
Description
Print by B. Moncornet after painting by Quentin Metsys.
Bust portrait of Paracelsus wearing a hat.
Inscription: Edura fortis fata refringere; / ut docta callens jura Machaonis; / Artesque Phoeboeas salubri / mente Paracelsus elaborat. / Eheu laborans; nec tamen irrita / Decreta reddet: lurida perbrevi / Mors decolorabit, facemque / Purpuream solvet Savilla.
Includes additional hand-written inscription.
This 17th century print may have been inserted into the copy after publication in the 16th century.
Creator
Moncornet, Balthasar, approximately 1600-1668
Metsys, Quentin, 1465 or 1466-1530
Source
Original image in: Paracelsus, 1493-1541. Prognosticatio eximii doctoris Theophrasti Paracelsi (S.l. : s.n., between 1560 and 1580). 1f 257 (Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Prognosticatio eximii doctoris Theophrasti Paracelsi reveals the prophecies of Theophrastus von Hohenheim, known as Paracelsus. Paracelsus was a revolutionary chemical physician also known for his occultist philosophy. This edition contains 32 prophesies and accompanying illustrations and may have been printed in France between 1560 and 1580.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
16--
Language
lat
Type
StillImage
Identifier
1f_257.a1va
1f_257.a1vb
Original Format
1 print : etching
Physical Dimensions
16 x 12 cm
Citation
Moncornet, Balthasar, approximately 1600-1668 and Metsys, Quentin, 1465 or 1466-1530, “Effigies Paracelsi medici celeberrimi,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed April 27, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2124.