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Coction
The Furnace Work
Mutus Liber, Plate 8 (La Rochelle, 1677)
THE IMAGE
The couple tends a great athanor. Multiple flasks sit at different stages. Smoke rises in measured, deliberate spirals.
INTERPRETATION
Patient, sustained heat transforms the matter — the fire must be regulated with wisdom, neither too hot nor too cold