Natural Magic (1560) - Page 15


Mercury original: "Argentum viuum", literally 'living silver'., and its medicines.	107
Solidification term: "congelatio" (the alchemical process of making a liquid substance solid). of mercury with a scent.	107
Solidification of mercury with oil.	108
To tinge silver into gold.	106
To turn silver into calx term: "calcem" (the powdery oxide or ash remaining after a metal has been burned/calcined)..	95
To reduce To diminish the mass or refine the volume. silver or gold.	100
To tinge solidified mercury into gold.	107
To extract mercury from lead.	96
That bystanders may appear without heads An optical illusion often involving specific lighting or mirrors..	65
Gold and silver, and their medicines.	106
The pinky finger of an aborted fetus prevents conception.	130
~~To increase the weight of gold.~~	99
Gold from silver.	100
That a burning candle may be carried under water.	58
That dogs may not bark.	72
Canine teeth defend against the bites of dogs.	129
Hair turned into snakes.	80
To dye hair, beard, and eyebrows.	59
Artichokes, so they may not be prickly with thorns.	39
To choose a silver beard from fixed cinnabar original: "Cinnabari fixo". In alchemy, "fixing" a substance meant making it non-volatile or resistant to fire..	109
To fix cinnabar.	109
How a room may appear colored by lamps original: "lichnijs" (from the Greek 'lychnos')..	64
The composition of simples term: "simplicium" (medicinal herbs or ingredients used on their own rather than in a complex mixture). for this work.	25
Wonderful preparations for feasts and banquets.	54
Those things which are beneficial for conception.	70
That guests may not eat while reclining.	72
To arrange coral into molds.	111
Various virtues of coral.	115
Coral strengthens the stomach.	130
That crystal may be made molten original: "fuſilis" (capable of being melted or cast like metal)..	113
How a gourd may grow into a thick, ~~protruding~~, broad, oblong, and
~~into the twisted shape of a snake.~~	45. & 47
A gourd without seeds.	35
How tooth-powders original: "Dentifricia". may be made.	61
To see a house as silvery and luminous.	64
How a flying dragon Likely a reference to a kite or a pyrotechnic display. may be constructed.	57
The astrological elections necessary for engraving stones.	134
The virtues and qualities of the Elements.	67