Splendor of Light

In the IX. link or Chap.
Solomon, the wise king, is presented, and his Song of Songs The "Song of Solomon," which many alchemists interpreted as an allegory for the union of chemical principles is interpreted.

The X. link or Chap. is adorned with
Isaiah the prophet.

In the XI. link or Chap., a

Tyre steps forward. Hiram, King of Tyre, who provided materials for Solomon’s Temple and is a significant figure in Hermetic and Masonic traditions

In the XII. link, or Chap., an

appears.

In the XIII. link, or Chap., Job presents himself, and just as occurred in the preceding chapters, so simultaneously

In the XIV. link, or Chap., the beauty of the daughter of Job—Keren-Happuch original: "Kerren (Koran) Hapuch"; in Hebrew, her name means "horn of antimony" or "horn of eye-paint," which alchemists linked to the mineral antimony, a key substance in the Great Work—is principally celebrated.

Whereupon follows a short description of the philosophical Saturn In alchemy, Saturn usually represents lead or the "black stage" (nigredo) of the process, but the "philosophical" Saturn refers to a refined, essential state of the metal, wherein the Matter of the Philosophers' Stone original Latin: "Materia Lapidis Philosophorum" is interpreted and described with all its names, along with its characters The unique symbols or glyphs used to represent chemicals in manuscripts, and is confirmed by most of the philosophers.