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Tabula Smaragdina Hermetis: Letterpress Broadside
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Created: 04/12/09
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![Tabula Smaragdina Hermetis, perhaps better known as the the Emerald Tablet of Hermes,
is the shortest and yet most refered to text in the whole of the
alchemical corpus. Supposed to have been found engraved upon an
Emerald, this hermetic document has been beautifully typeset in Centaur
[a font designed by Bruce Rogers] and printed letterpress on fine
Arches paperstock in two colors.
An
alchemical emblem crowns the top of the broadside and features the
enigmatic acrostic V.I.T.R.I.O.L., which was a substance used to pull
metals out of hard stone by early metallurgists. The Latin translates
as Visit the interior of the earth and through rectification you will find the hidden stone meant to point the way to the Philosopher's Stone.](http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles4/100715/projects/209696/1007151239556606.jpg "Tabula Smaragdina Hermetis, perhaps better known as the the Emerald Tablet of Hermes,
is the shortest and yet most refered to text in the whole of the
alchemical corpus. Supposed to have been found engraved upon an
Emerald, this hermetic document has been beautifully typeset in Centaur
[a font designed by Bruce Rogers] and printed letterpress on fine
Arches paperstock in two colors.
An
alchemical emblem crowns the top of the broadside and features the
enigmatic acrostic V.I.T.R.I.O.L., which was a substance used to pull
metals out of hard stone by early metallurgists. The Latin translates
as Visit the interior of the earth and through rectification you will find the hidden stone meant to point the way to the Philosopher's Stone.")
Tabula Smaragdina Hermetis, perhaps better known as the the Emerald Tablet of Hermes,
is the shortest and yet most refered to text in the whole of the
alchemical corpus. Supposed to have been found engraved upon an
Emerald, this hermetic document has been beautifully typeset in Centaur
[a font designed by Bruce Rogers] and printed letterpress on fine
Arches paperstock in two colors.
An alchemical emblem crowns the top of the broadside and features the enigmatic acrostic V.I.T.R.I.O.L., which was a substance used to pull metals out of hard stone by early metallurgists. The Latin translates as Visit the interior of the earth and through rectification you will find the hidden stone meant to point the way to the Philosopher's Stone.
![Detail: Two-color letterpress printing handset in Centaur [a typeface designed by Bruce Rogers].](http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles4/100715/projects/209696/1007151239555940.jpg "Detail: Two-color letterpress printing handset in Centaur [a typeface designed by Bruce Rogers].")
Detail: Two-color letterpress printing handset in Centaur [a typeface designed by Bruce Rogers].
23 lines of type printed letterpress and accompanied by two alchemical devices.
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