engraving antique from 1822
Very pretty and unusual engraving dating from 1822, taken from a work on religion, mythology, archeology and astrology. Entitled: "Engraved stone of the Palais-Royal". Both very decorative and informative. This engraving represents a stone with two figures: Pan with his flute and on the reverse a head of Medusa. See the original explanations below.
Dimensions: 21cm x 29cm
Usual conservation condition, with the usual marks of time: More or less light watering, foxing, handwritten inscriptions... Please look at the photos!
In the collection of engraved stones from the House of Orléans, which were sold to the Empress of Russia, we see one of the class of those called Astronomical, the subject of which is explained in this work. On one side are engraved two series of figures placed on two orbicular zones; and the middle is occupied by a single figure. This figure represents Pan with his flute; Pan, the moderator of the Universe and the Spheres; Pan, the Genius who conducts, with the help of a flute, the harmony of the seven planets; who presides over the celestial concerts, sung by Poets, celebrated by Philosophers, and heard, it was said, in the tranquility of the nights by virtuous contemplatives. The seven Planets circulate in chariots around their conductor, and below the signs of the Zodiac, in which they had fixed their domiciles. The Sun, placed under Aries, tells us that this Agathe-Onyx was engraved shortly before the common era, a time when the Sun opened the year, mounted on celestial Aries. The reverse of this stone presents a head of Medusa, of the most beautiful work. This meeting of the horns of Aries and Serpens seems strange, and has not yet been able to receive a satisfactory explanation. Mythology-Astronomy shows us Aries rising on the horizon with its horns engaged in the serpents of the head of Medusa, who carries the hero Perseus in memory of his victory. This proximity of the horns of the Ram and the Serpens gave rise to ancient painters and engravers to represent Medusa with the attributes of the celestial Lamb, united with those of the Dragon. The explanation of this beautiful Agathe provides us with the means of interpreting most of the Astronomical stones, too often relegated among the Abraxas, themselves considered unintelligible, but which today find their explanation in the principles of Astronomical Mythology.
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In the collection of engraved stones from the House of Orléans, which were sold to the Empress of Russia, we see one of the class of those called Astronomical, the subject of which is explained in this work. On one side are engraved two series of figures placed on two orbicular zones; and the middle is occupied by a single figure. This figure represents Pan with his flute; Pan, the moderator of the Universe and the Spheres; Pan, the Genius who conducts, with the help of a flute, the harmony of the seven planets; who presides over the celestial concerts, sung by Poets, celebrated by Philosophers, and heard, it was said, in the tranquility of the nights by virtuous contemplatives. The seven Planets circulate in chariots around their conductor, and below the signs of the Zodiac, in which the