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A winged sun hovers above a sepulchre filled with water, from Rosarium philosohorum (Frankfurt, 1550)[1][2]

The illustration is of the illuminatio stage. It is captioned with

   "Here Sol plainly dies again,
   And is drowned with the Mercury of the Philosophers."

in the 18th century English translation.

16th century woodcut.

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