Symbola aureae mensae duodecim nationum. Hoc est, Hermaea seu Mercurii festa ab heroibus duodenis selectis, artis chymicae usu, sapientia & authoritate paribus celebrata, ad Pyrgopolynicen seu adversarium illum tot annis iactabundum, virgini chemiae iniuriam argumentis tam vitiosis, quam convitiis argutis inferentem, confundendum & exarmandum, artifices vero optime de ea meritos suo honori & famae restituendum ... opus ... utilissimum, 12. libris explicatum & traditum, figuris cupro incisis passim adiectis
Symbola aureae mensae is a 1617 alchemical treatise by Michael Maier, printed at Oppenheim for learned readers of chemistry and hermetic philosophy. Its pictures are small woodcut-style ornamental emblems, each a symmetrical figure of a man flanked by scrolling dragon-like creatures above a sprouting plant, offering a designer a model for central, mirrored ornament inside a shield or crest.
