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Baro Urbigerus

Aphorismi Urbigerani

The Complete 1690 Volume · With Circulatum Minus

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Aphorismi UrbigeraniLXIV–LXXIX: Principles and the Herculean Works · Modern English

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LXIV–LXXIX: Principles and the Herculean Works · Modern English

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Original English

LXV. This deep-red Tincture, extracted out of our Philosophical Earth, is call'd our Sulphur, our undigested, essentificated Gold, our internal elementary Fire, and our Red-Lion: for without its Help and Concurrence our Philosophical World cannot be nourish'd, digested, or accomplish'd, being the right Ground, and true Essence of the whole work of our Creation.

Modern English

LXV. This deep-red tincture, extracted from our philosophical earth, is called our sulphur, our undigested gold reduced to essence, our internal elemental fire, and our red lion. Without its help and cooperation, our philosophical world cannot be nourished, digested or completed: it is the proper ground and true essence of the whole work of our creation.

About This Reading Edition

The complete 1690 Aphorismi Urbigerani: historical frontispiece and Latin inscriptions, title and licence, dedication, all 101 grand-elixir aphorisms, the complete Circulatum Minus with its title, address and 31 vegetable aphorisms, and the full explanatory postscript with both printed endings. Original and modern English readings, fresh Latin translations, 115 annotations and the complete supplied Diotimos study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Baro Urbigerus, Aphorismi Urbigerani, London: Henry Faithorne, 1690; with Circulatum Minus Urbigeranum and the concluding postscript. The Getty Research Institute copy supplies the governing images; EEBO-TCP A25684 supplies the structured transcription witness, corrected against those images. The frontispiece signed W. F. is attributed in library catalogues to William Faithorne.

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The historical text and engraving are public domain. The EEBO-TCP Phase 2 transcription is released under CC0; that waiver does not cover associated images. The engraving is credited to the Getty Research Institute copy digitised by Internet Archive. The supplied 2026 reading, translations and Diotimos editorial material are published with the site owner’s authorization.