Figures of the Sun and Earth mb-artistname Samuel Philips Dorian warriors performing the dance

Dorian warriors performing the dance before an audience

Interior view of the Thames Tunnel

heckling combs

view of insects on a portion of pineapple and details including puparium

Figures of the Sun and Earth mb-artistname Samuel Philips Dorian warriors performing the danceFigures of the Sun and Earth linked by 'heavenly' and 'earthly' pyramids of fire. These are inscribed: 'Ignis Palladias' [Pallas fire ] and 'Ignis Vestiae' [Vesta fire] and are ascribed qualities or attributes, for example the latter 'Corporeus et inquinatus semper depuratur et redditur subtilior' [Physical and polluted, always purified and rendered more subtle]. Plate from the chapter 'De Igne', pp. 34 35 in Actorum chymicorum Holmiensium Parasceve,