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Symbol 47:26

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47:26 · One of the alchemists' many signs for argent vif (French for living silver, i.e. mercury). That element, however, was commonly drawn with the sign 41a13 for Mercurius, the god, and Mercury, the planet. Other synonyms were 41a18, 41b29, 41a17 and 41a14a. With the small circles filled, as 1103, or as shown here, the sign was called the button cross in Christian symbolism.