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Sun Without Clothing or Thirty Experiments to Extract the Purple from Gold
Orschall, Johann Christian, ca. 17. Jh.; Scheiner, Christoph, 1575-1650; Grummet, Christoph, -1693 · 1720
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THE SUN WITHOUT CLOTHING, original: "SOL SINE VESTE". In the symbolic language of alchemy, the "Sun" refers to Gold. To have it "without clothing" implies stripping the metal down to its essential, inner properties.
Or
Thirty
EXPERIMENTS original: "EXPERIMENTA"
To
Extract the Purple from Gold,
Which partly represents the destruction of gold,
original: "Destructionem auri". In alchemy, "destruction" usually refers to breaking a substance down into its primary components to transform it.
With an attached instruction,
On how to prepare the
long-desired
Ruby-Flux Also known as Gold Ruby Glass; a technique for creating vibrant red glass by dissolving gold into the molten mixture.
Or
Red Glass
In the highest perfection.
Brought to light from personal experience
by
J. C. O. Johann Christian Orschall (ca. 1645–1691), a mining official and chemist.
IN THE YEAR 1720.
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