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Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
Heinrich Khunrath · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordOrpiment is separately named beside arsenic in the primary margin of page 76.
- In KhunrathThe separate name matters: the text does not use it merely as a second spelling of arsenic.
- In this editionThe ordinary English follows the supplied edition.
- A reading distinctionThis evidence is marginal.
Meaning
Orpiment is separately named beside arsenic in the primary margin of page 76. Both are brought under the objection to materials that are already beyond the pri-material beginning.
Use in the book
The separate name matters: the text does not use it merely as a second spelling of arsenic. The marginal addition extends the body’s discussion of ore-associated products and alleged corporeal mercuries, without identifying any of them as the catholic field.
Places to read
- 1599 p. 76 · marginOrpiment is included under the same objection as arsenic and the ore-associated materials.
Translation in this edition
The ordinary English follows the supplied edition. The source does not require a modern formula, purity or preparation to make its distinction.
Source note
This evidence is marginal. An inventory of body-text substance names alone would miss the author’s explicit inclusion of orpiment.