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Monas Hieroglyphica

John Dee

Date
1564 Latin edition
Pages
Array
Language
Latin
Category
Alchemy & Hermeticism

Dee’s compact and cryptic exposition of the Hieroglyphic Monad, uniting planetary signs, alchemy, number and cosmic generation.

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Monas Hieroglyphica presents John Dee’s famous composite symbol as a key to celestial, elemental and alchemical order. Across twenty-four theorems, Dee combines the signs of the planets, the zodiac, number, proportion and linguistic speculation into an intensely compressed Renaissance philosophy. The importer seeks a public-domain facsimile of the 1564 Latin edition. Modern translations and interpretive apparatus must remain separate from the source file.

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Prefer a facsimile of the 1564 Latin edition. Modern translations and commentaries are excluded.