Merlini Allegory ALCHEMICAL
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The Merlini Allegory is a medieval alchemical narrative in which a king suffering from a wasting disease is cured through a sequence of purgative and transformative operations, serving as an extended parable for the purification of base metal. De Jong first analyzed this source in his 1964 article on Emblem XLVIII and expanded the treatment in his 1969 monograph, demonstrating that Maier draws the entire King Duenech narrative from this tradition. Emblem XLVIII depicts the king accepting a curative potion, with the medical-humoral allegory encoding the alchemical process of purging impurities from the philosophical matter.
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Emblem VII CITRINITAS
Young bird flying from nest and falling back
A young bird flies up from the nest and falls back into the nest again.
Emblem VIII NIGREDO
Emblem VIII
Take the egg and pierce it with a fiery sword.
Emblem IX NIGREDO
Emblem IX
Fix the old man to the tree in the garden of the dew, and the old man becomes young again.
Emblem XV ALBEDO
Emblem XV
Let the work of the potter, consisting of dry and wet, teach you.
Emblem XIX NIGREDO
Emblem XIX
If you kill one of the four, every body will be dead immediately.
Emblem XXVIII NIGREDO
King Duenech in steam bath
The king is bathed, sitting in a steam-bath, and is freed from the black bile by Pharut.
Emblem XXVIII NIGREDO
King Duenech in steam bath
The king is bathed, sitting in a steam-bath, and is freed from the black bile by Pharut.
Emblem XXXII RUBEDO
Emblem XXXII
As coral grows under water and, exposed to the air, gets hard, so also the Stone.
Emblem XLVIII RUBEDO
King Duenech receives potion
The king, fallen ill from drinking, is restored to health by a physician.