monas hieroglyphica

 

a figure from john dee‘s 1564 monas hieroglyphica 
InTeLlectus iudicat veritatem. Contractus ad Punctum. Vulgaris, Hic, Oculus caligabit, diffidetque plurimum


“Intellect judges the truth. Contracted to a Point. The vulgar eye will here be blind and most distrustful” (ambix XII, 1964)


see latin scans, english translation by hamilton-jones