The regenerate man, Ora and Labora lettered on his arms, with the Book and its seals

Heinrich Khunrath, 1609 “Ora. Labora. Christo.” Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, lettered on the arms and body of the central figure.

Heinrich Khunrath, 1609 “Dignus Yehoshuah solus, accipere Librum, et aperire signacula eius: Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.” Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, lettered in the open book at the left, with the name of Jesus in Hebrew letters.

Heinrich Khunrath, 1609 “Timor Dei. Temperantia. Humilitas. Justitia. Patientia. Fortitudo.” Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, lettered on the rays that fall as drops from the glory above.

Heinrich Khunrath, 1609 “Mandata eius observa.” Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, on the ribbon beneath the figure.

Heinrich Khunrath, 1609 “Cognitio. Amor. Spes. Phantasia. Sensus exteriores. Sensus interior. Simplicitatem. Similitudo. Mens. Familiaritas. Intellectus. Et Ternarius per Spiritus Sanctus, Quaternarius.” Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, lettered in the rings, read in part.

Paullus van der Doort, 1609 “Dei gratia inventor: Paullus vander Doort Antwerp: sculpsit.” Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, the signature on the rim.

Symbolica, 2026 Khunrath's Latin, put into English here. On the man: Pray. Work. In Christ. In the book: Worthy is Jesus alone to take the Book and to open its seals, Hallelujah, which is the Apocalypse, chapter five, with the Lamb's name written in Hebrew. On the rays: the fear of God, temperance, humility, justice, patience, fortitude. On the ribbon: keep his commandments. In the rings: knowledge, love, hope, imagination, the outer senses, the inner sense, simplicity, likeness, mind, familiarity, understanding, and the Three through the Holy Spirit, the Four. This is the plate that puts Khunrath's two words on a body: Ora on one arm and Labora on the other, the same pair that the Citadel's caption gives as praying theosophically and working physico-chemically. Much of the smaller lettering, in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, is not yet transcribed.

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

1. 1The Divinecentral motif as it reads here: The regenerate man, Ora and Labora lettered on his arms, with the Book and its seals
2. 2The Triangle and the Pyramidsecondary motif
3. 3Firesecondary motif

A circle of lettered rings, and inside it a square holding a standing man lettered Christo on his body and Ora and Labora on his arms, an open book with its seals at the left, the virtues raining down as drops from a glory at the top, and a pyramid of lines behind him. 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.