Images of
Dragon Blood Elixir

Images of dragon blood elixir are more common than previously thought, although they are invariably mislabeled in museums and archives. Several images are presented below.

A man holds a flask of red dragon blood elixir This image is from a Southern Italian medical text, cira 1250. This text is possibly a copy of a 6th century text, now lost.

a page from a 15th century songbook

The above image is from a songbook written about 1460 in Naples. Notice the wreath near the bottom of the image. Under normal light the center is empty, but under infared lighting an image of an elaborate vase appears. an infared image of a 15th century manuscript It is likely that this is an image of a flask used to store dragon blood elixir, and was later scraped from the parchament, leaving only the ghost image.

Dragon Blood Elixir Images of the Elixir Early Texts About the Elixir Identifying the Elixir