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Aurora consurgens (Rising dawn) is an alchemical treatise of the 15th century famous for the rich illuminations that accompany it in some manuscripts.

1)  Illustration of a dark angel found in Aurora consurgens

2)  Depiction of the Ouroboros in Aurora consurgens

3)  Sage with a tablet within a church-like building (1420/30), the “house of wisdom”, depicted in Aurora Consurgens

4)  Conjoined opposites

5) Senior Zadith carries the Key that opens The Treasure House of Wisdom

Illumination from the manuscript "Le Livre nommé Fleur de vertu", 16th century

Whitehead’s Broadbill (Calyptomena whiteheadi), family Calyptomenidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to Borneo

Don Balke (American, b. 1933). Canada Goose, 1978. Gouache and watercolor on board.

Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna