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. Date: 1618. Collection: Science History Institute.
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