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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
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Book 9 · Signature · Passage 29
Source reference
- Latin witness
- 1605 p. 255
Latin
Buccae, foveis excavatae, loquacem, contemtorem, contentiosum, &c. Mentum oblongum cum facie longa, hominem iracundum, ad labores tardum, &c. Mentum fissum, hominem fidelem, officiosum, abditi & diversi sermonis, iam hoc loquentem, & aliud tamen intelligentem, iracundum, irae paenitentem, ingeniosum, & inventiosum.
English
Dimpled cheeks signify someone talkative, contemptuous and quarrelsome. An elongated chin with a long face signifies someone irascible and slow to work. A cleft chin signifies a faithful, dutiful person of concealed and double speech, saying one thing while meaning another, irascible yet repentant of anger, clever and inventive.
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The complete supplied Latin–English edition of the historical title, dedication and all nine books, with 363 separately labelled historical marginal notes, 117 modern annotations and the complete Diotimos study apparatus. The transmitted composite work is traditionally attributed to Paracelsus; individual authorship remains qualified.
Historical Text and Translation
The normalized Latin follows the complete 1605 Frankfurt Palthenian witness, volume six, printed pages 198–271, in SUB Göttingen PPN578052199, historical scans 182–255. Earlier textual tradition is German; the individual translator of the 1605 Latin text is not identified. The dedication’s 1537 date is transmitted text, not an established date for the composite work.
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