File:Ouroboros 1.jpg

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Engraving of an wyvern-type ouroboros by Lucas Jennis, in the 1625 alchemical tract De Lapide Philosophico. The figure serves as a symbol for mercury.

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An etching of a wyvern eating its own tail.

Lucas Jennis  (1590–1630)  wikidata:Q1873081
 
Alternative names
Lukas Jenis, Luca Ihenis, Laux Jenisch
Description German engraver, drawer, editor and publisher
Date of birth/death 30 May 1590 Edit this at Wikidata after 1630
date QS:P,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Location of birth Frankfurt Edit this at Wikidata
Work period from 1609 until 1631
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1609-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1631-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Frankfurt, Oppenheim
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q1873081

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current17:05, 6 January 2007Thumbnail for version as of 17:05, 6 January 2007815 × 832 (290 KB)Jfreyre~commonswiki (talk | contribs)Lucas Jennis' engraving published on an alchemical emblem-book entitled De Lapide Philisophico (1625)

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