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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
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Book 9 · Signature · Passage 45
Source reference
- Latin witness
- 1605 p. 261
Latin
Extra rem quidem non est, quod multi metallarii laudent illas venas quae in profundum diriguntur, & ab oriente in occidentem vergunt. Tum & ipsa fodinarum ratio experientiaque docet, venas persaepe, quae a Solis occasu versus ortum, aut a meridie versus septentrionem, aut e contra a septentrione in meridiem tendunt, non minus ceteris metallis abundare. Nulla ergo vena alii praeponenda est: nec etiam de hac re longius disquiri convenit, &c.
English
It is not irrelevant that many miners praise veins which run downwards and incline from east to west. Yet the condition of mines and experience itself also teach that veins running from sunset towards sunrise, south towards north, or conversely north towards south often abound in metals no less than others. No vein is therefore to be preferred to another on this ground, nor need the matter be investigated further.
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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.
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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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