R/7/1068 – print of a wooden hand and knot; and notes

Collection Number:

R/7/1068

Object name:

print of a wooden hand and knot; and notes

Object type:

Print

Languages:

Dutch,German

Book titles referenced:

Musaeum Hermeticum

This hand is a ‘linkerhand’ [lefthand], with a ‘zilveren ophangring’ [silver suspension ring].In the palm might be signs of: ‘Mond –zilver [moon-silver], Merkur-kwikzilver [mercurius –quicksilver], Venus-koper [copper], Sonne-goud [sun-gold], Mars-ijzer [iron], Jupiter-tin, Saturn-lood [lead]. Musaeum Hermeticum, pag. 306, fig. 64a.’
The hand is 302 mm. in lengt, made of ‘eikenhout’ [oak wood], ‘grootste dikte [largest thickness] 15,5 mm.’
‘Zie [see] F32: caduceus: (Drachenpaar oder caduceus von einem arabischen [drgaonpair or caduceus from an Arabic] Talisman. Schalen, p. 149.’