Gold and silver mixed in one body

pars cum parte

Pars cum parte is explicitly explained as gold and silver mixed in one body.

From the book

Nine Books on the Nature of Things

Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

Browse this book’s lexicon →

Meaning

Pars cum parte is explicitly explained as gold and silver mixed in one body. It is therefore a material designation in this text, not merely a vague instruction about equal proportions. Its appearance in the earlier list of transmuted or prepared metals becomes clearer through this later definition, an example of a technical name requiring cross-reading within the book.

Places to read

  1. Book 8 · Separation · Passage 26Latin“quod pars cum parte vocari solet”