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Anonymous (traditionally attributed to Anton Joseph Kirchweger)

The Golden Chain of Homer

A New Translation from the German Edition of 1723

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1723 scan 447

Pag. 39. lin. 14. pro nur leg. wieder. Pag. 40. lin. 16. pro Säffte / Saltz leg. Saltz Säffte. Pag. 41. lin. 12. et 13. pro aus jeden Dampff leg. aus einem Dampff. Pag. 42. lin. 13. 21. und 24. pro Sphær. leg. Species. Pag. 43. lin. 8. pro andern Anlaß leg. andern erste Anlaß. lin. ult. pro Arten leg. Pforten. Pag. 44. lin. 3. pro Sphær. leg. Species. lin. 16. pro Art ein / und leg. Art ein / also hat die Lufft auch ihre Fixität nach seiner Art / also. Pag. 54. lin. 1. pro wässerige leg. feurige. Pag. 55. lin. 12. et 13. del. rauschende. lin. 24. pro und corporalisch leg. und coaguliret corporalisch. Pag. 59. lin. 3. pro Nitro universali leg. Nitro und Sale universali. lin. 22. pro unico verbo leg. universaliter. Pag. 60. lin. 6. pro salinische Sachen leg. nitrosische Sachen. Pag. 61. lin. 15. pro animalisch Saltz leg. Alcali Saltz. lin. penult. et ult. pro ohne den geringsten Argwohn einiger attraction leg. ohne die geringste alteration. Pag. 62. lin. 16. pro Fulmen leg. fulminiren. Pag. 64. l. 13. pro verliehret leg. verhindert.

1723 scan 447

The Golden Chain of Homer: Original Variant Readings and Corrections

1723 scan 447

Page 39, line 14: read “again” for “only.” Page 40, line 16: “salt juices” for “juices, salt.” Page 41, lines 12–13: “from one vapour” for “from every vapour.” Page 42, lines 13, 21, and 24: “species” for “spheres.” Page 43, line 8: “the other’s first impulse” for “another impulse”; last line, “gates” for “kinds.” Page 44, line 3: “species” for “spheres”; line 16, replace “according to its kind, and” with “according to its kind; thus air too has its fixity according to its kind; thus.” Page 54, line 1: “fiery” for “watery.” Page 55, lines 12–13: delete “rushing”; line 24, “and coagulated corporeally” for “and corporeally.” Page 59, line 3: “universal nitre and salt” for “universal nitre”; line 22, “universally” for “in a single word.” Page 60, line 6: “nitrous things” for “saline things.” Page 61, line 15: “alkaline salt” for “animal salt”; last two lines, “without the slightest alteration” for “without the slightest suspicion of any attraction.” Page 62, line 16: “to fulminate” for “a thunderbolt.” Page 64, line 13: “prevents” for “loses.”

1723 scan 447

About This Reading Edition

The two-book alchemical work of 1723 in German with a new English translation, 399 notes, eight historical diagrams, chapter outlines, keyword essays, a glossary, bibliography, subject index, and 400 discussion questions.

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Historical Text and Translation

Anonymous, Aurea Catena Homeri. Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johann Georg Böhme, 1723. Traditionally attributed to Anton Joseph Kirchweger; the attribution remains uncertain. Historical diagrams from the Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung copy digitized by e-rara.

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