blavatsky (asker) Dec 23, 2012:

This was brought to my attention that the sequence of lines should have read..

"Speculum divinum occultum atque
Natura rerum seu instrumentarum
Igneum philosophorum et
Laboratorium perpetuum"

which someone has kindly translated as..

"The secret mirror of the divine and
The nature of the universe; or, the fiery
Instrument of the philosophers and
their everlasting laboratory."

blavatsky (asker) Dec 22, 2012:

Thanks, that sounds right.

context
"SPECULUM DIVINUM OCCULTUM ATQUE
LABORATORIUM PERPETUUM
IGNEUM PHILOSOPHORUM ET
NATURA RERUM SEU INSTRUMENTARUM "

I shall close.

Jim Tucker (X) Dec 22, 2012:

yes probably but then atque cannot be the end of a sentence -- unless this is some medieval substitute for -que

Sabine Akabayov, PhD Dec 22, 2012:

it should be atque, not atoue