The Three-Headed Monster in the Flask
The Vessel as the central motif, with the Serpent and the Dragon and the Demon and the Monster in a secondary part. From Splendor Solis, after.
Key · 3 motifs
The motifs the picture carries, filed by role. The marks on the picture itself come with the entry.
- 1The Vesselcentral motif
- 2The Serpent and the Dragonsecondary motif
- 3The Demon and the Monstersecondary motif
The picture
A crowned flask holds a three-headed beast, the heads red, white and black on a yellow, serpentine body; the Vessel as the central motif, the Serpent and the Dragon by eye; three heads on one body, sealed in the glass. 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 Vessel
7 works, 3 with it as the central motif. The symbol.
Also carrying the Serpent and the Dragon
11 works. The symbol.
Also carrying the Demon and the Monster
6 works. The symbol.
In the same series
After Splendor Solis, watercolours by Edith A. Ibbs, 1900 to 1909
Record
One symbol a week, decoded.
This picture is free at full size from its source, linked above. What an address gets is the Sunday letter: one picture, one symbol marked on it, what it meant and who said so, and the master files of the decoded plates as they are verified. Leave any time.
Free, one letter a week, unsubscribe in one click. How the address is used.
Scroll or pinch to zoom · drag to move · double-tap for 1:1 · 687 by 1400 pixel web copy; the source file is linked under Record