Illustration from 'Alchemical Rolls' (The Ripley Scrolls) (vellum)

A yellow sun, between two panels bearing verses; beneath, a crowned male Bird of Hermes biting on its left wing, with drops of blood falling on either side, and standing on a sea-filled orb stuck with feathers; beneath, verses and a blank scroll. A golden sun, at the centre of which are three interlinked orbs (white, gold and black), and beneath a gold-, white- and black-banded crescent moon; beneath, a white dragon biting on the moon, and standing on a winged mappa mundi -style orb; from its belly, three red strands are descending, one each to a black, white and gold orb below. Alchemical rolls (The Ripley Scrolls) Author: Ripley, George / late 16th century. Source/Shelfmark: Add. 5025.(4) third section