{"id":"alchemical-symbols","no":437,"name":"Alchemical Symbols","ja":"錬金術記号","era":"medieval–18th century","family":"記号体系","kind":"スタイル","collection":"Dictionary expansion 21","addedAt":"2026-08-18","source":{"title":"Science History Institute","url":"https://www.sciencehistory.org/"},"reference":{"status":"verified","pageUrl":"https://www.sciencehistory.org/","credit":"Science History Institute","gallery":[{"imageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A%20Table%20of%20Chymicall%20%26%20Philosophicall%20Charecters%20with%20their%20Significations%20as%20they%20are%20Usually%20Found%20in%20Chymicall%20Authors%20both%20Printed%20%26%20Manuscript%20-%20DPLA%20-%209da4d3b98b35ee7a3a92f3b5594482e3.jpg?width=640","pageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A%20Table%20of%20Chymicall%20%26%20Philosophicall%20Charecters%20with%20their%20Significations%20as%20they%20are%20Usually%20Found%20in%20Chymicall%20Authors%20both%20Printed%20%26%20Manuscript%20-%20DPLA%20-%209da4d3b98b35ee7a3a92f3b5594482e3.jpg","credit":"化学・哲学記号表 17世紀"},{"imageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The%20Medical%20Alchemist%20by%20Janneck%20FA.2000.00.275.jpg?width=640","pageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The%20Medical%20Alchemist%20by%20Janneck%20FA.2000.00.275.jpg","credit":"『医療錬金術師』"}]},"essence":"物質と操作を秘匿と共有のあいだで記した記号群。惑星と金属を結ぶ図像体系は、化学記号に置き換えられて消えたが、神秘のグラフィックとして現代も引用され続ける。","cues":["惑星と金属の対応","幾何学と十字の合成","秘匿のための暗号性","一覧表の伝承"],"intents":["高級","反骨","懐かしさ"],"works":["一次資料と代表作から成立条件を比較する","別媒体へ応用できる構成原理を取り出す"],"recipe":{"type":"参照作品の文字・記号・スケールを観察する","layout":"視線と情報を支配する構造を一つ抽出する","material":"時代・地域・制作工程に固有の素材と挙動を確認する"},"avoid":"表面的な記号へ還元せず、時代・地域・技術・制作主体の文脈を確認する。","colors":["#e9e6dd","#67635d","#171615"],"motif":"notation","pair":["heraldry","celestial-atlas"],"study":["ニュートンの錬金術ノート","ドルトンの記号への転換","現代オカルト図像への引用"],"en":{"essence":"The signs that recorded substances and operations between secrecy and sharing. The system binding planets to metals vanished into chemical notation, but survives as the graphics of mystery, quoted to this day.","cues":["Planet-metal correspondences","Geometry composed with crosses","Cipher-like secrecy","Tables handed down"],"works":["Comparing primary sources and canonical works","Extracting principles that transfer to other media"],"recipe":{"type":"Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works","layout":"Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information","material":"Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process"},"avoid":"Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.","study":["Newton's alchemical notebooks","the turn to Dalton's symbols","quotation in modern occult imagery"]}}