Atalanta Fugiens · Emblem XLVI

Aquilae duae, una ab ortu, altera ab occasu, conveniunt.

Two eagles, one from the east and the other from the west, come together.

Emblem XLVI

A reading

Opposite directions, one meeting place. The volatile from both ends converges.

A question to carry

What is coming toward you from two opposite directions?

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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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