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Cœlum Spagiricum
Operations instruments and practitioners · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. The upper region of a vessel named as a spagyrical heaven.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 16; facsimile PDF page 344.
Historical Definition
Cœlum Spagiricum is the upper part of a philosophical vessel.
Meaning
The definition locates the term in apparatus. The heaven is the vessel’s upper part, not necessarily the celestial sky or the universal medicine of Cœlum Philosophorum. This spatial gloss is particularly useful when a passage describes matter rising, condensing or returning within a vessel: the immediate setting may be the apparatus rather than the cosmos. Such an application must still be confirmed by the passage.
The entry gives no vessel shape or specified component. It identifies a region, leaving the particular arrangement open. Ovum Philosophicum and Cucurbita supply related vessel vocabulary, while the other Cœlum entries make the alternative uses of heaven-language visible.
Places to Read
Cœlum Philosophorum. The philosophers’ heaven explained through quintessence and universal medicine.
Cœli planetarum. The planets’ own orbs and spheres.
Ovum Philosophicum. An egg-shaped glass vessel for philosophical operations.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 16; facsimile PDF page 344 — Facsimile
See also. Cœlum Philosophorum; Cœli planetarum; Ovum Philosophicum; Cucurbita