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James Hutton, 1726 - 1797. Geologist

Artist: Sir Henry Raeburn (Scottish, 1756-1823)

Date: c. 1776

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Description

Look it's ILLUSTRATED 😭 I've been working with @kaizuart this summer to get Death and the Merchant illustrated, and y'all, this looks SO GOOD! I'm beyond excited that they said yes to this project, and cannot wait to share the finished book (which will feature both b/w and full color illustrations). We don't have a release date as of yet, but as soon as an illustrated Merchant is available, I'll make sure to let ya know

It's here! NEW Daemons Discuss podcast episode 🎙

Take 9 - The One with the Sun King and Moon Queen 🌞👑🌝👑

Have you ever wondered about the passages in Godfrey's copy of the Aurora Consurgens? Why were they relevant to the trilogy?

Let's talk about it! Listen/view the show notes to our podcast episode 9 here!

Written in Central Europe at the end of the 15th or during the 16th century, the origin, language, and date of the Voynich Manuscript are still being debated as vigorously as its puzzling drawings and undeciphered text. Described as a magical or scientific text, nearly every page contains botanical, figurative, and scientific drawings of a provincial but lively character, drawn in ink with vibrant washes in various shades of green, brown, yellow, blue, and red.

Based on the subject matter of the drawings, the contents of the manuscript falls into six sections: 1) botanicals containing drawings of 113 unidentified plant species; 2) astronomical and astrological drawings including astral charts with radiating circles, suns and moons, Zodiac symbols such as fish (Pisces), a bull (Taurus), and an archer (Sagittarius), nude females emerging from pipes or chimneys, and courtly figures; 3) a biological section containing a myriad of drawings of miniature female nudes, most with swelled abdomens, immersed or wading in fluids and oddly interacting with interconnecting tubes and capsules; 4) an elaborate array of nine cosmological medallions, many drawn across several folded folios and depicting possible geographical forms; 5) pharmaceutical drawings of over 100 different species of medicinal herbs and roots portrayed with jars or vessels in red, blue, or green, and 6) continuous pages of text, possibly recipes, with star-like flowers marking each entry in the margins.