The Emblem Shelf
Figura Divina, the Divine Figure
Theology, magic and chemistry on one chart.
- Work
- from Geheime Figuren der Rosenkreuzer
- Maker
- Anonymous; published at Altona
- Date
- 1785
- Source
- Published Altona, 1785 · scan: Wikimedia Commons
Format
The full-resolution scan, color-managed to the source plate — yours to print, study, and explore.
Size
$29.00
The story
Wheels and stars stack down the page, coloured by hand in strong blue and yellow, under a heading that promises theology, philosophy, kabbalah, magic and chemistry in one figure. The plate is one of the Geheime Figuren der Rosenkreuzer, printed at Altona in 1785. Its makers wanted every kind of learning on one sheet, joined by lines. Whatever a reader made of the system, the sheet itself is a beautiful object: a diagram you can read from across a room.
See it on your wall
The plate, in your home
Figura Divina, the Divine Figure printed large and framed, hung in rooms like yours. Every edition ships ready to become the piece the room is built around.
About this reproduction
- A faithful reproduction of a public-domain plate — from Geheime Figuren der Rosenkreuzer (1785), held by Published Altona, 1785 · scan: Wikimedia Commons. The work was published before 1931 and is centuries out of copyright.
- Printed to order on 200gsm EMA matte art paper; framed pieces sit behind acrylic, no mat.
- Color-managed to the source scan; we correct nothing and invent nothing.
- Ships in 5–10 business days, rolled in a heavy-wall tube (framed pieces ship flat-packed).
- If it arrives less than perfect, we reprint or refund — your choice.
Why our plates cost more than a poster: we print from the highest-resolution scans available, at sizes where the engraving itself becomes visible — the emblem line, the letterpress bite, the registration of colour — on stock made to outlive its owner.
