From: Andreas Stötzner (as@signographie.de)
Date: Sun Dec 30 2007 - 06:58:37 CST
Am 23.12.2007 um 04:12 schrieb James Kass:
>
> Is the alembic symbol shown in the graphic...
> http://pwp.netcabo.pt/r.petrinus/symbol1.jpg
> ...a glyph variant of the alembic symbol encoded at U+2697?
Not quite so.
2697 is a *pictographical symbol* which stands for “chemistry” in
dictionaries. Note that is does NOT mean “alembicus”.
On the opposite, the alembic-sign in the chart given is a
*typographical character* meaning “alembicus” (the device) in
alchemical notation. It is the glyph to be found regularily in most
alchemical source charts of that kind and period (roughly: 16th to 19th
c.).
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