Engraved title page from Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens
Atalanta Fleeing
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
First published in 1617, Michael Maier's alchemical emblem book contains a preface on ancient music and the Greek myth of Atalanta and Hippomenes and consists of 50 engraved emblems, each accompanied by a discourse and an epigram in verse set to music in the form of a fugue for three voices—Atalanta, or the vox fugiens; Hippomenes, or the vox sequens; and Pomum objectum or vox morans.
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Maier, Michael. “Engraved Title Page from Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens.” In Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, Germany: Johann-Theodor de Bry, 1618. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/n009w314b.
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