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I.21 · The Generation of Animals
German & Latin
1723 pp 115Arbor Generationis Animalium. 1. Sperma mucilaginosum Masculinum, Fœmininum. Animalische Gur. 2. Formatio Infantis Liginosa Crystallina. 3. Formatio Infantis Membranosa. 4. Formatio Infantis Tendinosa. 5. Formatio Infantis Cartilaginosa. 6. Formatio Nati Ossea, Induratio Pueri, Adolescentis, Viri, Senis.
Tree of animal generation. Original printed page 115; its six stages are translated in the preceding passage.
Source: Aurea Catena Homeri (1723), Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung, Zürich; digitised by e-rara. Public-domain original. https://doi.org/10.3931/e-rara-3819
The Golden Chain of Homer: I.21 · The Generation of Animals
1723 pp 115Tree of the Generation of Animals. 1. Mucilaginous seed, male and female: animal Gur. 2. Formation of the infant: Liginosa Crystallina. 3. Membranous formation of the infant. 4. Tendinous formation of the infant. 5. Cartilaginous formation of the infant. 6. Bony formation of the newborn; hardening of the boy, youth, man and old man.
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Reading The Golden Chain of Homer · I.21 · The Generation of Animals · B1C21S001 · 1723 pp 115
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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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