Atalanta Fugiens · Emblem XLIII

Audi loquacem vulturem, qui neutiquam te decipit.

Listen to the talkative vulture, which does not deceive you at all.

Emblem XLIII

A reading

The vulture, a bird of death and of the dark stage, speaks, and what it says is true.

A question to carry

What is the unwelcome voice in you saying that is actually true?

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Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens (1618), with the Latin motto, a translation and a reading for each plate.

Engraving in the public domain.

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