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Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
Heinrich Khunrath · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordHorn-coloured firestone is a descriptive material-name reported on page 34.
- In KhunrathKhunrath gives no composition, specimen description beyond the name, or individual experiment.
- In this editionRetain the literal historical compound rather than silently substituting a modern mineral name.
- A reading distinctionThe surrounding list contains materially diverse proposals.
Meaning
Horn-coloured firestone is a descriptive material-name reported on page 34. Both its colour qualifier and its fire-stone compound belong to the source wording.
Use in the book
Khunrath gives no composition, specimen description beyond the name, or individual experiment. Its position among proposed candidates establishes the role securely even though a modern mineral identification remains unsettled here.
Places to read
- 1599 p. 34The descriptive firestone name is one of the claimants’ proposed matters.
Translation in this edition
Retain the literal historical compound rather than silently substituting a modern mineral name. The name alone does not establish a relation to Vulcan or essential fire.
Source note
The surrounding list contains materially diverse proposals. Neighbouring names cannot safely supply this obscure term’s missing identification.