Monas Hieroglyphica, the hieroglyphic monad on the title

John Dee, 1564 “Qui non intelligit, aut taceat, aut discat.” Monas Hieroglyphica, the title, the motto engraved round the frame.

John Dee, 1564 “De rore caeli, et pinguedine terrae, det tibi Deus. Genes. cap. 27.” Monas Hieroglyphica, the title, beneath the frame.

Symbolica, 2026 Dee's Latin, put into English here: Who does not understand, let him be silent or learn. And beneath: Of the dew of heaven and the fatness of the earth, may God give to you, Genesis 27. The four words at the corners of the frame are Ignis, Aer, Terra, Aqua, fire, air, earth and water. The glyph itself is the moon's crescent over the sun's circle and point, standing on the cross of the elements, with the sign of Aries beneath, and the twenty four theorems that follow take it apart piece by piece.

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

1. 1The Sun and the Mooncentral motif as it reads here: Monas Hieroglyphica, the hieroglyphic monad on the title
2. 2Firesecondary motif
3. 3The Heavenssecondary motif

The monad in an oval frame, a sun and a moon at its shoulders, the four elements named at the corners, and a motto running round the frame. 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.