The double-headed eagle, representing the Holy Roman Empire, stands on a bobbin holding in its wings the outer sphere of the universe showing the elements of time from which the world is made: months, days, planets, signs of the zodiac, etc. Engraving by P. Miotte.

[Rome], [1646]

1 print : engraving ; image and border 20.2 x 26.7 cm

Sciathericum astronomicum physicum totius p(rim)i mobilis doctrinam indicans His totus componitur orbis. P. Miotte sculps. Bears number: Iconismus XIV folio 519. The two heads of the eagle are labelled Justitia and Clementia (justice and clemency). The eagle holds in its talons batons labelled "Ab occasu soli[s] tempori coedit ab ortu" (from the setting of the sun, from the rising of the sun, it [i.e. the world] yields to time)

Wellcome Collection 46390i