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You should take one part of the water original: "aq̅" - likely refers to the "mercurial water" mentioned on the previous page.; behold, you shall place it under the redness original: "rubicū" - referring to the rubedo or the red stage of the process. of the price. For forty or fifty days it will be worked. Afterward, that which is congealed from the humid parts will be twice as bright as the sun In alchemy, the "Sun" (Sol) is the symbol for gold..
¶ Concerning the same, through salt to water, it is worked and returned with white water, afterward while it is here—that is, through the white here—because the liquids move to the interior, or the congealed solute is moved to the life [or strength] until it assumes color from its whiteness. Together with the red and the common [substance], it will be changed a second time. Principal chapter of the Testament This likely refers to the "Testamentum," a foundational alchemical text attributed to Pseudo-Lull.
If the body bodyThe "corpus" refers to the solid metallic or mineral base being acted upon by the liquid "spirit." which is fixed and active, of one palm’s width The author uses a "palm" (the width of a hand) as a practical laboratory measurement for the size of the vessel or the depth of the material., you shall put it back so it distills into the water of red oil... congealing it. Do this by calcining calciningHeating a substance to high temperatures to drive off volatile components and reduce it to a powder. it with salt water in the furnace until it becomes white. Do this with an equal weight of its own oil added to the water. When it is done, the congealed heads with the red will be congealed in the manure manureoriginal: "fimū" - A "dung bath" (balneum fimi) provided a gentle, steady heat for long-term digestion of chemical mixtures. with red sides... together in the manure.
How pearls [are made] with metals, that is, concerning the power of...
Concerning the power of the little white stone, with the crystalline stone likely quartz or clear glass used as a flux or base.... for thirty... the weight of the sun [gold]... in the salt... until the redness... in the bath... in the furnace... to the red... weight of the sun... except for the adamant adamantHistorically meaning diamond or an incredibly hard, unbreakable substance. it is able to be recovered. Chapter in which the principal things are found.
If the body... with a little alum alumA sulfate mineral used as a mordant or astringent, common in chemical refining.... afterward... calcined. With strong alum... to the white iron original: "fer̃ cādidũ" - likely a reference to silver or a specific whitened state of iron..