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Sugar, ginger and almond bases of oils

zuccari; zinziberis; amygdalarum; zuccarum; zinziber; amygdalae

The drink-preservation sequence assigns oil of sugar to mead, oil of ginger to vinegar and expressed oil of almonds to milk.

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Nine Books on the Nature of Things

Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Meaning

The drink-preservation sequence assigns oil of sugar to mead, oil of ginger to vinegar and expressed oil of almonds to milk. These genitives name the bases associated with the preparations; they do not imply that all three oils are produced in an identical way or share a single modern composition. Expressum qualifies only the almond oil, adding a preparation distinction to the separate named bases.

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  1. Book 3 · Preservation · Passage 17Latin“oleum zinziberis”