R/6/782 – drawing of a basilisk; and notes
- Collection Number:
- R/6/782
- Object name:
- drawing of a basilisk; and notes
- Object type:
- Drawing
- Languages:
- Dutch,French,German
- Other seals:
- Book titles referenced:
- Black Magic
- Book authors referenced:
- Paracelsus
- People referenced:
- Valentini
- Museum locations:
- Framed in picture store in workshop was alsi in whitefeather exhibition 2024
A crown ‘a’, a basilisk ‘b’ and a sigil ‘c’. Bij Aant. [with notes] 1939, fol. 325a: Le Basilic, Basilisk, Basiliscus, zie o.m. [see amongst others] VAalentini, Musei Museorum, II, Tab. XXXI, fig. 10. F1: Basiliques les puis bien appeller, qui de son vir tue lhomme en present. F2: Le Basilic tue, Seulement avec sa vue [the basilisk kills solely with his look] &c. Folio 325d: (Dieses Ungeheuer konnte man künstlich erzeugen, indem man Menstrualblut in eine Glasflasche brachte und dieses im Bauche eines Pferdes brachte und faulen LieB [this animal can be fed (?), if one has a glass bottle of menstrual blood, which is placed in the belly of a horse and foaled]. Zie onder [see under] Paracelsus. Zwarte Magie [black magic], III, p. 87.