@histodons#Alchemy too was partly about storing. The box on the table is made of wood chips, and these boxes were #earlymodern storage options for fresh paper sheets, for letters, for paper drafts, and for small books. Being an alchemist was also about managing your writings, paper supply, and objects. Collectors and free thinkers alike needed boxes to arrange ideas and objects. In the painting, a distillation apparatus made of glass is stored next to a paper notebook. #histknow
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