The Emerald Tablet presented in this poster appears in artist and alchemist Brian Cotnoir’s book Alchemy: The Poetry of Matter. The translations also appears in his Emerald Tablet, an accordion book in limited editions of leather and silk. The text is from Kitab Sirr al-Khaliqah by pseudo-Apollonius of Tyana, edited by Ursula Wasserman. Emerald Tablet translated by Brian Cotnoir.

Design Typesetting Arabic Lettering & Peacock Lara Captan
Emblem Design Daud Sutton
Alchemical Glyph from Kleopatra’s Art of Gold-Making
Printing Roni Gross

The Latin text is set in Seria & Seria Sans by Martin Majoor with a small appearance of kltf Tiptoe by Karsten Luecke.

The Arabic text is set in DecoType Naskh by Thomas Milo & Mirjam Somers.

Printed on 300 gr Magnani paper at The Center for Book Arts New York City.

12 inches by 18 inches. Edition of 103.

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Brian Cotnoir is an alchemist, artist, and award-winning filmmaker. He was the “alchemist in residence” at Morbid Anatomy Museum. He occasionally gives talks and has presented workshops and seminars around the world on various aspects of alchemical theory and practice based on his research. His Emerald Tablet was part of the Language of the Birds: Occult and Art show in 2016 in New York City.

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