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The Dragon on the Cross and Corruption · Manuscript 26r · Scan 73
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Ms. 26rd’outre en outre par ce héros dans un combat singulier ?
Si donc nous voulons séparer le grain de la paille, la noix de son écorce, et la vérité de la fable nous dirons que par ce serpent couvert de dures et anciennes écailles, on doit entendre ce corps de l’or que d’autres corps ne peuvent point entamer, qui ne meurt point et ne se corrompt point, s’il n’est blessé à la gorge et puis qu’à la tête, c’est-à-dire s’il n’est dissout par le mercure qui est sa tête et sa gorge, puisqu’il se trouve en moins de temps qu’il est couvert d’écailles qui ne sont pas dures et qui ne sont qu’en petit nombre, de sorte qu’il est détruit plus promptement et plus aisément que l’or. Sa pique est un feu commun ou philosophique, par rapport aux effets et à la ressemblance de la figure, parce que quand il est allumé, il a la figure d’une lance pointue et bien affilée et produit le même effet, parce qu’il ouvre, pénètre et détruit les corps de même qu’une lance, comme nous le ferons voir plus au long en son lieu.
Cet emblème nous expose un serpent qui n’est point attaché à un vieux tronc de chêne, ni percé et
The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I: The Dragon on the Cross and Corruption
Ms. 26rright through by this hero in single combat?
If, then, we wish to separate the grain from the straw, the nut from its shell, and truth from fable, we shall say that this serpent, covered with hard and ancient scales, must be understood as the body of gold, which other bodies cannot attack. It does not die or become corrupted unless wounded in the throat and then only in the head: that is, unless dissolved by mercury, which is its head and throat. For in less time it is found covered with scales that are not hard and are few in number, so that it is destroyed more quickly and more easily than gold. His pike is a common or philosophical fire, with respect to its effects and the resemblance of its shape: when kindled, it has the shape of a pointed, well-sharpened lance and produces the same effect, because, like a lance, it opens, penetrates, and destroys bodies, as we shall show more fully in its place.
This emblem presents a serpent that is not fastened to an old oak trunk, nor pierced and
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Socrates will begin with this book and its sources.About This Reading Edition
The first manuscript in the Manly Palmer Hall collection at the Getty Research Institute: the Book of Hieroglyphic Figures, presented in French and English with 463 explanatory notes, 13 manuscript plates, 25 source details, an introduction, chapter outline, glossary, bibliography, and register of readings.
Historical Text and Translation
Book of Hieroglyphic Figures (Livre des figures hiéroglyphiques), attributed in the witness to Abraham the Jew. Getty Research Institute, Manly Palmer Hall collection of alchemical manuscripts, accession 950053, Box 1, Hogart manuscript 3; French witness catalogued circa 1800. Manly Palmer Hall is the collector, not the author.
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The circa 1800 source manuscript is public domain. The supplied 2026 French reading transcription, English translation, introduction, notes, outline, glossary, register, and editorial arrangement are published with the site owner’s authorization. Source photographs are credited to the Getty Research Institute and Internet Archive in the supplied edition.
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