From the book
Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
Heinrich Khunrath · Diotimos Editions · 2026
Browse this book’s lexicon →Orientation
At a Glance
- The wordThe source explicitly calls the red earth in its candidate list Bolus.
- In KhunrathThe supplied modern note explains it as medicinal red clay.
- In this editionThe editorial clay explanation may aid recognition but should not be turned into a precise modern mineral identification.
- A reading distinctionRuddle follows as a separate item in the catalogue.
Meaning
The source explicitly calls the red earth in its candidate list Bolus. It is a material-name supplied by the claimants, not a revealed name of Magnesia.
Use in the book
The supplied modern note explains it as medicinal red clay. The primary passage itself gives only the red-earth designation and its place among unsupported candidate identifications. It does not state a provenance, preparation or therapeutic application.
Places to read
- 1599 p. 34Red earth is named and glossed as Bolus in the candidate catalogue.
Translation in this edition
The editorial clay explanation may aid recognition but should not be turned into a precise modern mineral identification.
Source note
Ruddle follows as a separate item in the catalogue. The text does not treat every red earthy substance as one candidate.