A Scholar in His Study ('Faust')
The Heavens as the central motif, with the Hand in a secondary part. From Single sheets.
Key · 2 motifs
The motifs the picture carries, filed by role. The marks on the picture itself come with the entry.
- 1The Heavenscentral motif as it reads here: The Anagram Disc
- 2The Handsecondary motif
The picture
A scholar turns to a radiant disc lettered INRI with an anagram, a hand in it holding a mirror; the reading is contested, by eye. By eye
Not yet decoded: the key and the sourced notes come with the entry. Until then the motifs above are tagged by eye and said so.
Also carrying the Heavens
61 works carry it. The 6 where it is the central motif are here. The symbol.
Where the detail is the subject
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In the same series
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