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De operatione plumbi in alchimiaxlii.De mutua plumbi et ſtanni collationexliii.De diuerſimoda plūbi puluerizationexliiii.De virtute plumbi in vſu medicineclv.De plumbo vſto ⁊ eius lotura xlvi.De ſcoria eius ⁊ ſpūmaxlvii.De ceruſaxlviii.xlix.De anthimonioDe ferroIterum de ferri naturali.De calibe ⁊ alidenalii.De ferri ⁊ calibis differentialiii.De oꝑatione ferri in alchimialiiii.De virtute eius in medicinalv.lvi.De ferri purgamentisAdhuc de eodemlvii.De qͥbuſdā metall̓ ꝯmixtis ⁊ electro ⁊ corintheo lviii.De moneta vel nūmolixDe ſpiritibus mineralibuslx.De argento viuo ⁊ eius originelxi.De oꝑatione ip̄ius in alchimialxii.Qualiter argentum viuum ſit elementum omniū liquabiliumlxiii.De virtute ip̄ius in medicinalxiiii.De ip̄iꝰ potione ac fumigatione venenoſalxv.De ſulphure ⁊ eius naturalxvi.De regimine ⁊ oꝑatione illiꝰ in alchimia.lxvii.De virtute ſulphuris in medicinalxviii.De arſenico ⁊ eius naturalxix.De virtute eius in alchimialxx.De oꝑatione ip̄ius in medicinalxxi.De ſale hāmoniacolxxii.De ceteris mineralibꝰ que media corꝑa ſūt inter corꝑaet ſpiritus et primo de alumīelxxiiiDe atramento ⁊ eius naturalxxiiii.De oꝑatione ip̄ius in alchimia lxxv.De virtute ip̄ius in medicinalxxvi.De nitrolxxvii.De vitro ⁊ obſianolxxviiiDe naturali generatione lapidum mineraliū lxxix.De generatione lapidū ⁊ corpoꝝ mineraliūlxxx.De lapide elexir ꝑ quē ars imitatur naturālxxxi.De duplici factura elexirlxxxii.De complemēto elexir albi ⁊ citrini ſiue rubei lxxxiii.Qualiter per hunc lapidem fiat metalloꝝ trāſmutatioſcd̓m quoſdamlxxxiiii.Ꝙ vere fiat eorum tranſmutatio vl̓ potiꝰ diſpergatioer alchimiamlxxxv.Reſponſio auicenne contra eos qui dicunt eaꝫ eſſe falamlxxxvi.De artificibꝰ eiꝰ ⁊ de hmōi artis materia lxxxvii.De clauibus ⁊ inſtrumentislxxxviii.De igne multiplici ad oꝑandumlxxxix.De calcinatione corpoꝝ mineraliumxoDe quadruplici corpoꝝ ⁊ ſpirituū preꝑatione xci.Qualiter corꝑa dura lique facta r̄cipiūt tincturā xcii.Ꝙ qualitas olei ſit ibi cauſa ꝑmixtionisxciii.De oꝑatione boracis ⁊ ꝯmixtionē argēti ⁊ eris xciiii.De oꝑationibꝰ alchimie ⁊ corꝑibus ceterisxcv.De oꝑatione vermilionis ⁊ cinabrii ⁊ aurichalci xcvi.De coloribus natiuis ⁊ ficticiisxcvii.De ſinopide ⁊ rubricaxcviii.De parecoreo ⁊ melino ⁊ feretriaxcix.De ſyrico ⁊ indico et ceruſſaDe minio et ocraci.De ſandaracacii.De praſi et criſocollaciii.De oꝑatione criſocolle ī aurificio ⁊ medicina ciiii.De ceruleo ac purpuriſſocv.
De cinnabari et armenocvi.De corporibus mineralibus ¶ Actor IIcto deterre natura ⁊ eius fecunditate atqꝫ cultura de ip̄iꝰquoqꝫ paſſionibꝰatqꝫ vaporibꝰ: reſtat dicendum dequibuſdā terreniſcorꝑibus partimin viſceribus terre: ꝑtim in eius ſuꝑficieᵐ apparentibus: videlicet demineralibus ⁊ marinis coloribus atqꝫ lapidibus. Hecetenī a libro ſuꝑiori. ob vitandū ꝓlixitatis faſtidiū. reſcindentes: in ſequētibus ꝓſequenda diffuſius reſeruauimus. Nūc igitur a corꝑibus mineralibꝰ exordiū capiamus. ¶ Seneca de naturalibꝰ queſtionibus li. vii. Sicut in nobis nō tantū eſt ſanguis ſed multa genera humoris: Alia quidem neceſſarit: alia quoqꝫ corrupti acpaulo quidē pinguioris: vt in oſſibuſ medulle: in capitecerebrum: muſti ſaliueqꝫ ac lacrime: ac quiddā addituꝫarticulis ꝑ quod citiꝰ ex lubrico flectātur. Sic et in terra quoqꝫ plura ſunt humoꝝ genera: quedaꝫ ſcilicet quemature durētur. ⁊ hinc eſt omnis metalloꝝ humꝰ ex qͦbus auꝝ ⁊ argentum auaricia petit: ⁊ que in lapidē exliquore vertūtur. In quadā aūt terra hūores putreſcūtſicut bitumen ⁊ cetera ſimilia huic. Ceteꝝ ſicut in nr̄iscorꝑibus ſic ⁊ in illa humores ſepe vicia ꝯcipiūt: cū autictus aut quaſſatio aliqua loci. aut ſenium aut frigꝰ autII.eſtus corruꝑe natura.¶ De quatuor corporuꝫ ſpeciebus. ¶ Ex li.metheororum quarto.Orꝑa vero mineralia in quatuor ſpēs diuiduntur: ſcꝫ in lapides ⁊ liquefactiua ſulphurea ⁊ ſaes. hoꝝ quedā ſunt rare ſubſtātie ⁊ debilis cōpoſitionis. quedā vero ſubſtantie fortis. ⁊ quedā ductilia. quedam non. Eoꝝ que ſunt debilis ſubſtātie quedāſunt ſales. vt que liquefiūt ex humido leuiter: vt auruꝫcalcantū ſal hāmoniacū. Quedaꝫ vnctuoſa nec facile ſolo liquore vel humore liqueſcūt: vt ſulphur auripigmentum. Sed argentū viuū eſt de ꝑte ſecunda: ꝙͣuis ſit elementū ductiliū ⁊ aliquibꝰ ductilibꝰ ſimile. Sunt auteꝫomnia ductilia liquabilia: ⁊ vt multuꝫ non ductilia nonliquabilia: nec mollificantur niſi cum magna violentiaEſt aūt materia ductiliū ſubſtantia aque admixta cuꝫſubſtantia terre forti mixtura. Ita ꝙ nō poteſt vnū abaltero ſeꝑari. Et gelatur ſubſtātia illius cū frigore poſtactionem caloris in ip̄m que eſt opteſis. Et erit exēpluꝫꝙ ſi non dum gelauit ꝓpter ſuā vnctuoſitatem ductileeſt. Lapidea vero de ſubſtātiis mineralibꝰ materialiterſunt aque. Non tamē gelatur aqua ſola: ſed ⁊ cum ſiccitate que alterat aqueitates ad terreitatē. Nec eſt in eishumor nimis vnctuoſus. Et ideo nō ducūtur. et quia coagulatio eoꝝ eſt ex ſiccitate: non ſoluūtur vt multū niſiper ingenia naturalia.C. III.¶ De metallis et eorū origine Iſido. li. xiiij.Etalloꝝ genera ſunt ſeptem. videlicet auruꝫ etargentum es electrum ſtannuꝫ plumbum ⁊ qd̓domat omnia ferꝝ. In noticiam vero formarūmetalla ita venerūt. dum quocūqꝫ caſu ardentes ſilueexcoquerent terrā: que calefactis venis fudit riuos cuiuſcūqꝫ ſtructure. ſiue igitur es illud fuerat: ſiue aurū:cum in loca terre depreſſiora decurreret: ſumpſit figurā