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1723 scan 449–450Pag. 131. lin. 12. pro Regen und Thau leg. Regen / Thau und in der Erden. Pag. 132. lin. 29. pro sondern gar und sehr leg. oder gar. Pag. 139. lin. 9. pro rechte leg. nächste. Pag. 145. lin. 6. pro schwer leg. schwer auf. lin. penult. et ult. leg. und wann sie sich auch sollen conjungiren / so müssen sie sehr verdrießlich lang digeriret werden. Pag. 148. lin. 3. et 4. pro wenig bedencken leg. wenigen bekannt. Pag. 150. lin. 11. pro Medicinat leg. Medicinal. lin. 14. nach sich leg. sicher. Pag. 154. lin. 6. pro scheiden leg. schmieden. lin. 17. pro darinn leg. daran. Pag. 155. lin. 8. et 9. leg. lässet es sich gleich mit Brunnen Wasser ohne einiges Corrosiv solviren. ibid. lin. 16. pro setze leg. sehe. Pag. 156. lin. 12. pro vorzeigen leg. klar zeigen. Pag. 157. lin. 8. pro strenger leg. steinigter. lin. 14. pro fressen soll leg. frist. ibid. nach vermehren add. ehe sich das Gold ergeben solle. Aus diesem siehet der Artist. lin. 18. pro denn wieder zu Schwefel und leg. diesen zu einem Schwefel oder. lin. 26. pro corpus leg. Gold. Pag. 158. lin. 11. nach bringen add. und transmutiren. lin. 17. et 18. pro fixen erst leg. fixesten. Pag. 160. lin. 8. pro in eine leg. in weit. Pag. 161. lin. 8. pro iade Gur leg. sive Gur. lin. 13. pro improprium leg. improprie. lin. 16. pro ich die leg. ich hier die.
The Golden Chain of Homer: Original Variant Readings and Corrections
1723 scan 449–450Page 131, line 12: read “rain, dew, and in the earth” for “rain and dew.” Page 132, line 29: “or entirely” for “but entirely and very.” Page 139, line 9: “nearest” for “right.” Page 145, line 6: “with difficulty up” for “with difficulty”; last two lines: “and even when they are to unite, they must be digested for a most tiresomely long time.” Page 148, lines 3–4: “known to few” for “consider little.” Page 150, line 11: correct Medicinat to Medicinal; line 14: read “safely” after “itself.” Page 154, line 6: “forge” for “separate”; line 17, “on it” for “in it.” Page 155, lines 8–9: “it can at once be dissolved with spring water without any corrosive”; line 16, “see” for “set.” Page 156, line 12: “show clearly” for “show forth.” Page 157, line 8: “stonier” for “stronger”; line 14, “eats” for “is to eat”; after “increase,” add “before the gold is to yield. From this the practitioner sees”; line 18, “this into a sulphur or” for “then again into sulphur and”; line 26, “gold” for “body.” Page 158, line 11, after “bring,” add “and transmute”; lines 17–18, “most fixed” for “fixed first.” Page 160, line 8: “in far” for “into a.” Page 161, line 8: read sive Gur, “or Gur,” for the corrupt iade Gur; line 13, “improperly” for “improper”; line 16, “I here the” for “I the.”
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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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