Alchemical Symbolism in the VMS

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It is conceivable that Michael Maier's "Atalanta Fugiens" respectively one of the emblems and a part of folio f86v3 in the VMS are based on a common template. After all, there are two birds on the folio in the VMS too ( though only one in the nest).

Atalanta Fugiens, Michael Maier, 1618, Emblem / Epigram 7th
   

Description: A young chick attempts to fly out of its own nest and falls into it again.
A German interpretation of the epigram, published by Georg Heinrich Oehrling (1708), can be read below the original Latin text. The explanation of the scene, also in German, can be found here:
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A discussion of the topic can be found here (Discourse 7th in english):
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