Roger Bacon.A burst of flame and on either side a lion salient before a wall; and two scrolls (鈥楾he mouth of the Collorick beware' and 鈥楬eare is the last of the red stone and the beginning to put away the dead the elixir vita').A sun above a crowned male Bird of Hermes; standing on a dark; sea-filled orb and surrounded by droplets of fire; the border of the orb is inscribed with the words 鈥榓quila anima spiritus' in various combinations; and is stuck with eight feathers.A large scroll bearing verses in two stanzas.A scroll bearing an inscription (鈥楾he Red Sea; The Red Sol; The Red Elixir Vitae'); above a yellow sun containing three interlinked orbs (red; white and black).A crescent moon; being bitten by a large brown dragon; beneath.late 16th century.From: Roger Bacon; Alchemical rolls (The Ripley Scrolls).Add. 5025. (2) third sectionLondon; British Library.