Atalanta Fugiens · Emblem XV
Opus figuli, consistens in sicco et humido, te doceat.
Let the potter’s work, which consists of the dry and the wet, teach you.
Emblem XV
Clay too wet collapses; too dry, it cracks. The craft is in the balance, and the potter learns it with the hands.
A question to carry
Is your work too dry or too wet right now?
Emblem of the day
Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens (1618), with the Latin motto, a translation and a reading for each plate.
Engraving in the public domain.