Sixteenth century

John Dee, Monas Hieroglyphica, 1564

John Dee, Monas Hieroglyphica, 1564
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John Dee, Monas Hieroglyphica
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Antwerp: Willem Silvius, 1564
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☞ “Cut XLV, Monas Hieroglyphica (John Dee)”

Dee’s glyph of the cosmos, from the title page of his treatise.

Shaped: Cut XLV, Monas Hieroglyphica (John Dee).

Source: the original on Wikimedia Commons, with its full record and licence.

Here endeth this leaf of the Cabinet, which ſheweth Monas Hieroglyphica (Antwerp: Willem Silvius, 1564), the work of John Dee and not of this preſs. The image is from Wikimedia Commons (public domain). Gathered here for ſtudy the ſeventh day of October, 2026. Finis.

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Dee, John.
Monas Hieroglyphica.
Antwerp: Willem Silvius, 1564.
Wikimedia Commons (public domain),
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monas_Hieroglyphica.jpg.

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