Against the slanderers, by right of retort

Heinrich Khunrath, 1602 “Jure quoque Retorsionis optimo.” Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, the caption engraved beneath the plate.

Heinrich Khunrath, 1602 “Lingue veneno.” Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, lettered on the serpent at the right edge.

Heinrich Khunrath, 1602 “Henricus Khunrath Lips. Theosophiae amator fidelis, et Medicinae utriusque Doctor. Im M.DC.II.” Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, the same caption, its close.

Symbolica, 2026 Khunrath's Latin, put into English here: also by the best right of retort. The serpent is lettered with the poison of the tongue. The caption is Khunrath's answer to those who slandered him, and the winged creatures over the scene are the slanderers. The title given is the archive's description; the caption is transcribed here only in part.

The motifs the picture carries, filed by role. The marks on the picture itself come with the entry.

1. 1The Demon and the Monstercentral motif as it reads here: Against the slanderers, by right of retort
2. 2The Serpent and the Dragonsecondary motif
3. 3The Birdsecondary motif

A crowd of the learned about an altar-like structure at the centre, harpies and winged creatures in the air above, a serpent lettered as the poison of the tongue at the right edge, columns of text down both sides. By eye

Not yet decoded: the motifs are tagged by eye and the readings above are quoted from their sources. The marks on the picture and the sourced notes come with the entry.