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1723 scan 452Pag. 276. lin. 10. pro Spiritus Salis leg. Spiritus Nitri. pag. 281. lin. 9. pro Vitriol leg. [Vitriolzeichen]. pag. 282. lin. 17. et 18. leg. daß ein kleines Brünnlein zwischen den Metall Adern zuweilen heraus lauffet. pag. 287. lin. 29. et 30. pro Creaturen leg. Natur. pag. 289. lin. 3. nach gesagt: add. in proprio sudore vesceris pane tuo / das ist: pag. 293. lin. 4. pro in quantitate leg. in qualitate. ibid. lin. 16. pro haben leg. heben. pag. 297. lin. 26. pro 1000mahl leg. weit. pag. 308. lin. 7. nach volatilem add. A. ibid. lin. 15. leg. das Oehl D. ibid. lin. 25. pro 2. partes leg. 3. partes. pag. 323. lin. 25. et 26. pro oder separiret davon leg. und separiret es nicht davon. pag. 325. lin. 16. pro doch leg. oder. pag. 327. lin. 10. et 11. pro atque separatio leg. absque separatione. pag. 329. lin. 14. pro et aquæ leg. oder aquæ. pag. 332. lin. 2. pro 2. Theile leg. 3. Theile. Ibid. lin. 25. del. auch. pag. 337. lin. 12. et 13. leg. nur daß es an der qualität seiner principiorum ungleich ist. pag. 338. lin. 26. et 27. pro specificiret leg. perficiret. pag. 339. lin. 1. 2. et 3. del. Hat es keinen guten Geruch / so stärcket es animalem, vitalem et naturalem Spiritum. ibid. lin. 19. leg. per poros cutis.
The Golden Chain of Homer: Original Variant Readings and Corrections
1723 scan 452Page 276, line 10: read “spirit of nitre” for “spirit of salt.” Page 281, line 9: substitute the vitriol sign for “vitriol.” Page 282, lines 17–18: “that a little spring sometimes runs out between the metal veins.” Page 287, lines 29–30: “nature” for “creatures.” Page 289, line 3, after “said,” add “You shall eat your bread by your own sweat, that is:”. Page 293, line 4: “in quality” for “in quantity”; line 16, “raise” for “have.” Page 297, line 26: “far” for “a thousand times.” Page 308, line 7, after “volatile,” add “A”; line 15: read “the oil D”; line 25, “three parts” for “two parts.” Page 323, lines 25–26: “and do not separate it from it” for “or separate from it.” Page 325, line 16: “or” for “however.” Page 327, lines 10–11: “without separation” for “and separation.” Page 329, line 14: “or of water” for “and of water.” Page 332, line 2: “three parts” for “two parts”; line 25: delete “also.” Page 337, lines 12–13: read “except that it differs in the quality of its principles.” Page 338, lines 26–27: “perfected” for “specified.” Page 339, lines 1–3: delete “If it has no good smell, it strengthens the animal, vital, and natural spirit”; line 19: read “through the pores of the skin.”
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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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