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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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The three named examples of aromatic materials whose pleasing smell is their life. In this context muscus is musk, not an unexamined modern moss identification; ambra is rendered ambergris, distinct from caraba, amber, in the resin list. The examples introduce a larger class defined by strong, good, sweet odour rather than exhausting all aromatic substances.
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- Book 4 · Life · Passage 11Latin“muscus, ambra, zibetra”