The Vessels of Hermes

By Hermes Trismegistus

Figure 1

Experientia Testis Est
Sol & Luna
Sol
Putrefacimus
Sublimaius - Sublimatus - Sublimation
Lionis **** (hard to read word) alba
Draco comedens caudam fuam
Diuedimus
Componimus

Experience is the Testimony
Sun & Moon
Sol
We rot (Putrefaction)
Sublimaius - Sublimatus - Sublimation
The white lion
A dragon eating its tail
We are divided
We arrange

Figure 2

Pictura Continens homini propria et Liberali admiratione, non sine oblectatione spectanti rei affinia
Hic est ignis philosophicus putrefactionis seilicet
Hae ars est facillima si doctum ae diligentem, id est theoricum habuerit artifium, Theorica Phisica bene cognita, Practicam tribuit successive operatio manualis
Quid quid preter necessitatim faevit in hac arte Vitabimus

A painting containing a man's proper and liberal admiration, not without amusement to the beholder of the thing akin to it
This is the philosophical fire of putrefaction
This technique is very easy if the craftsman is trained and diligent, that is, if the craftsman has a theoretical theory, a well-learned theoretical physics, a practical manual operation gives successively
We shall refrain from doing anything beyond necessity in this art

Figure 3

Figure 4

Omnia possum in co qui me confortat Non est volenis neqim laboranti sed miserenlis dei

I can do all things in the one who strengthens me. It is not willing to work for the wicked but for the merciful God