Bi3mw,
yes, I found today that Marco also posted this image (from Sloane 2560) on the Pinterest.
My searching led me to a little earlier pictures of the "Double pelican" vessel.
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Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit
Dresden Ms. N. 110, 1492.
![[Image: Dreifaltigkeit_Dresden_23.jpg]](http://www.alchemywebsite.com/Images/Dreifaltigkeit_Dresden_23.jpg)
Maybe, someone will consider those details insignificant but I think that we must keep them in mind.
Koen,
it is true about clothes. The VMs image of Gemini is not close match for mentioned alchemical emblems but I support that idea that the pose with crossed arms is very significant, most likely it was depicted intentionally, as it is not usual for depictions of Twins in that time. Owing to later alchemical manuscripts and emblems we can see how this attribute became a part of symbolism meaning alchemical wedding.
Later the alchemical King and Queen appeared either in dresses and naked. Even if their hands weren't crossed, they kept crossed branches. It's just notable that this sign bacame especially traditional in alchemy.
I wish to find an alchemical treatise of the early XV century which can be a source for later versions. For now, it seems, there are two possible explanations: 1) the VMs Twins represent marriage of some real persons (though this idea is not my favourite) or 2) have the alchemical meaning "marriage". Naked (purified from the dirt of materiality) embraced lovers mean sublimation which is also represented by double retorts.
![[Image: geber-sublimation2.jpg]](http://www.levity.com/alchemy/images/geber-sublimation2.jpg)
Actually, I'm very interested what is going on around the sign Gemini. I wrote in my blog about this:
yes, I found today that Marco also posted this image (from Sloane 2560) on the Pinterest.
My searching led me to a little earlier pictures of the "Double pelican" vessel.
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Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit
Dresden Ms. N. 110, 1492.
Koen,
it is true about clothes. The VMs image of Gemini is not close match for mentioned alchemical emblems but I support that idea that the pose with crossed arms is very significant, most likely it was depicted intentionally, as it is not usual for depictions of Twins in that time. Owing to later alchemical manuscripts and emblems we can see how this attribute became a part of symbolism meaning alchemical wedding.
Later the alchemical King and Queen appeared either in dresses and naked. Even if their hands weren't crossed, they kept crossed branches. It's just notable that this sign bacame especially traditional in alchemy.
I wish to find an alchemical treatise of the early XV century which can be a source for later versions. For now, it seems, there are two possible explanations: 1) the VMs Twins represent marriage of some real persons (though this idea is not my favourite) or 2) have the alchemical meaning "marriage". Naked (purified from the dirt of materiality) embraced lovers mean sublimation which is also represented by double retorts.
Sublimatio.
Quote:Gemini.
1. One female figure is depicted standing in a pool, the next two figures (dressed male) are depicted standing on the horizontal tubes, after them – the dressed woman and man. It is notable that there is no inscription after this male figure, and it is the only place in the Zodiac section where the figure is not accompanied with notes.
How it goes (only supposition):
II stage (Gemini): something (one [female?] element) is placed into a «pool», and something else (second [male?] element[s]) is above «tubes». In tote, this diagram has a spirit of marriage, I would say.