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1723 scan 451Pag. 200. lin. 14. pro verdünnen leg. verdauen. Pag. 204. lin. 14. pro reinen leg. feinen. lin. 23. pro Vitriol oder leg. einen Vitriol Silber. Pag. 217. lin. ult. pro solches von leg. solches im Capitel von. Pag. 226. lin. 31. et 32. del. weil ich nur zeigen will. Pag. 235. lin. 27. pro sich in leg. sich auch in. Pag. 242. neben der 20sten Zeile war auf den Rand gezeichnet. (a) Man nimmt Regen Wasser im Mertz / der von Abend kommt / lässet solches in unterschiedlichen Gefäßen den gantzen Sommer in der Sonnen stehen. Pag. 248. lin. 1. et 2. leg. terra subtiliori vel oleo in einen Kolben / thue hinzu seine terram subtilissimam seu acidum, etc. Ibid. lin. 18. und 19. leg. jedoch daß keine saure Dämpffe nicht aufsteigen. Pag. 256. lin. 27. leg. per gradus dictos medios. Ibid. lin. 29. nach Gefallen add. und kan ihn in solche partes abtheilen. Pag. 261. lin. 19. leg. zur coagulation und fixation schreiten. Pag. 263. lin. 20. leg. zu einem unverweßlichen humido permanenti. ibid. lin. 30. pro einiger leg. ewiger. Pag. 266. lin. 25. et 26. pro nicht rechtbeständig und vereiniget stehen leg. stehen / und die reinen Theile nicht recht und beständig vereiniget werden. Pag. 271. lin. 4. nach ein Geist ist / add. so ist es ja kein recolaceum, und so das Wasser durchaus ein Geist ist. Pag. 274. lin. 2. et 3. pro compositione leg. impositione.
The Golden Chain of Homer: Original Variant Readings and Corrections
1723 scan 451Page 200, line 14: read “digest” for “dilute.” Page 204, line 14: “fine” for “pure”; line 23, “a silver vitriol” for “vitriol or.” Page 217, last line: “this in the chapter on” for “this on.” Page 226, lines 31–32: delete “because I wish only to show.” Page 235, line 27: “itself also into” for “itself into.” Page 242, beside line 20, the following was marked in the margin: “(a) Take rainwater in March that comes from the west, and leave it in different vessels in the sunshine throughout the summer.” Page 248, lines 1–2: read “with the subtler earth or oil into a flask; add its subtlest earth or acid,” and so forth; lines 18–19, “provided, however, that no acid vapours rise.” Page 256, line 27: “through the intermediate degrees mentioned”; line 29, after “at will,” add “and can divide it into such parts.” Page 261, line 19: “proceed to coagulation and fixation.” Page 263, line 20: “into an incorruptible permanent moisture”; line 30, “eternal” for “some.” Page 266, lines 25–26: replace “do not remain properly stable and united” with “remain, and the pure parts do not become properly and enduringly united.” Page 271, line 4, after “is a spirit,” add “then it is certainly no recolaceum, and if the water is spirit throughout.” Page 274, lines 2–3: “imposition” for “composition.”
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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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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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