Exemplar Fragmentorum
Atalanta Fugiens
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Michael Maier
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Emblem V: Nursing the Toad on the Milk of a Maiden
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Themes
Alchemy
Emblem
Hermetic Tradition
Natural Philosophy
Philosphy
Atalanta fugiens, an alchemical emblem book, was published in 1617; alongside images, poems, and discussion, it included fifty pieces of music in the form of fugues, the form itself being a pun on Atalanta "fleeing."