Atalanta Fugiens · Emblem XXXVI
Lapis projectus est in terras, et in montibus exaltatus, et in aere habitat, et in flumine pascitur, id est, Mercurius.
The stone has been cast onto the earth, raised on the mountains, dwells in the air and is fed in the river: that is, Mercury.
Emblem XXXVI
The stone is everywhere and in every element. The material of the work is common, not rare.
A question to carry
Where is the material of your work lying in plain sight?
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.