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Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
Heinrich Khunrath · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordRuddle is the supplied English rendering of Rötelstein in the proposed-material catalogue.
- In KhunrathIts separate position after Bolus preserves a distinction between named earthy materials.
- In this edition“Red ochre” is an editorial aid, not an independently established identification of a particular specimen.
- A reading distinctionA colour-bearing name does not place the material within a defined colour-stage of the work.
Meaning
Ruddle is the supplied English rendering of Rötelstein in the proposed-material catalogue. The modern note calls it red ochre; the primary body does not elaborate its composition.
Use in the book
Its separate position after Bolus preserves a distinction between named earthy materials. Khunrath gives no individual procedure for it, and the later demand for reasons applies to the identification rather than to an observed operation.
Places to read
- 1599 p. 34Rötelstein is a separately named candidate after red earth or Bolus.
Translation in this edition
“Red ochre” is an editorial aid, not an independently established identification of a particular specimen.
Source note
A colour-bearing name does not place the material within a defined colour-stage of the work. No such connection is made on the cited page.