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dfhem uidctur,MccalIica eftjin duo diuiTa:Naauam fcilfcct^cuius Diofcorfdes ftieriiin it:c rFa- A 



' fticiam^quamBulcalls docet^approbatcp picflurSSyluadcus ^uoq^j&T Arduinus Pifaurcnfls^ Arduinus dc 

 ^c^xi de ucnenis cgregium illud uolumen fcripfit quod nuper e tencbns eru tum^cwm Haiiabatis 

 uoluminibusimprcirum uenditur;duo Cinnabarismerallic3P circgcncra(utnosquo<^nota- 

 uimus ) prodidcrunt^Sed &frarifllmus pidor Fcrrarienfis Hcrculcs , noftri Apellcs r^mporis ^ 

 uirdiligens, nariuf Cinnabaris fruftuin, quod in Icaliam rarura inuchiaSrmat,rlobisdona- 

 uit^atc^apud nos fidcm eorum quaefcribimus aliquandofadurus feruarur,Mihium uet-o nom 

 Cinnabarisagraecis^fcdMiltonpropriouocabulodicifur^cuiusPIiniuSjDiofcOridefcj Minium 



ncrc»NamquiMinium,Cinnabarin<^fiu€natiuam,fiucfad:iciamidemcfleputaucrunr,apcr-. ^\jlton#. 

 diTime&pidorum fcncentia3&: nominis diueriitatej&rrcjpfafalluntur^Potcftatis ucrddifFercrt^ 

 tiaLconiccnusinprimisfallitur;quifupcruacuc(neincprcdixerim)commoncfacit5neCinna- 

 barin,quamCcnabrfumpid:oresuocat,inmedicamcntisqujdeuoranturponantmedid:cun5 

 id non folum mcdici,fcplaijarf|c^ fijgiant^fcd nufquam a medicinaeautoribus fcriptum {Ttjme u 



tallic^Cinnabaris gencrarorbilibus compofitionibus , antidoris , catapotijsucmifccr^.Si quis 



autem c uctuftiflimis Cinnabarin forte compolTcionibus ufquam pofuit , dcIndica^rCinnaba , 



ri^hoc cftjDraconis fanguinc,cuius pcriculofus non fic ufus^quam^ medicinse 8c piiflurse uti- 



lem Plinius prodidiCjtnteiiexcrunt • Quatuor igityr hi colorcs repraefencarc omncs fanguinem 

 uidentur,paulo tamcn diIutiorcmMinium:undeomniscum fcripcorum^tum medicorum et^ 



rormanalFc uidetur^ att^inprimis Lconiccnum no/lruminuoluiflx» Nam graecorMmquidain 

 Mjnium Cinnabarin uocaucrunt,quos rcfellitPIinius:quidamCinnabarinfanguinem Draco- 

 his cflicdixerunt^quos Diofcoridcs,qui Cinnabarin Libycum rnetallum cITc dicit.Ncc propccr 

 cafanguincm Draconis non eflVin medicamentorum , uel colorurn generelDiorcor ♦ ait^, quia 

 quofdam a coloris fimilitudine Cinnabarin libycam nominafl[efanguinemDraconis fcribant^ 

 Non cnim hocagftDiofcoridcs(utparum confydcrans NicoIausarbitratur)fcdcos rcfcllir, 

 quiCinnabarmqu^tnLibyanafcitur^fanguinemDraconisappeUabanttApcrtecxhociniTnu- 



ans^& fanguincm Draconis , Sc Minium aliam quidem rcm eflc , quam Cinnabarih libycam^ 

 Non ergo a Dipfcoridc diflicncit Plinius cum diuerfa tradant > fed cum Serapionc potiiis, Aui-^ 



ccnnajConiianrinoc^ncgociumeiljfifanguincmdraconisopinanfuntherbaecirefuccurn, Id 

 quoc^cum pigmcnri^tum mcdicamentigenuSjquodnuncuulgofanguisDraconis dicitur,qd _ 

 qjfeplafiarrj mercantur,5^quo utunturmcdici, duohabetgcnera» Vnum quidcminmafram s^n^jjn'^ 

 rcdaAum^panisfcrmcinfiar^grauiufcuIum^fabnlisrubricaecoIorcmaemulans^quo ucrerina- ^y-^ayn^AuO 

 rrf mcdici ad malagmaca , emplaftrauc utuncur^ncc nifiappofiritijs mcdicaminibus adhiberur» ^^^^^^ 

 Alterum gcnus Icuc,rub?ins , fplendidum , minutis glebulfs grunimifq; conf^ar , sd coagulari ^ * 

 fanguinis atcj atri fpcdem,pyxidibus alTeruaturjIongeq? preciofius , 8i in anridotarium ufum , 



uenit.HsecduogcneraCfidiligcnriuscoloremJeuitatemjnitorcm^rumharenuIarvmmixtura^ 



iaporemc^confydcrcs)mecumquoc^fatearis oporcet,ilIameirePiintj,So!iniq;Cinnabarin; 

 nct merallicum quicquam^ncc herbaceum fapcrc/cd quod cerrac haefit magis,ac proptc rca ha- 

 rcnofum , minufq^purilefl^JUudprimumgcnusarrificiopurgarijatc^ineiufmodipaftiUosd^^ 

 geri^minorifcjucnirciHoc ucro quod pyxidibus aflTcruari dixtmus ( ut cfi finccrius)foIe dcco- 

 Aum^ac duratrtmjSanguinera diccs ^ uim illam medicam floridumq^ colorem fufccpifl^c , atc^ 

 idco originis quocj nomcn ccnuiflrc. Ncq; cnimjautorc Plinio^ucnenum habetDraco, imo ipfi ^ 

 usadipemucnCnatafugiunt:atcfidcomedicin2enofiminus utilis quampiduraepcrhibetur^ 

 Huiusquoc^Cinnabarisfndicseargumcntumnonlcuccit^^uodCinnabarisfndicumCutdixl 

 tnus)nomcncft,nongr3ecum,autlibycum:tumquodinh3ecquocjtcmpora ncgociantes Vis- 



ncri,fanguinem hunc Draconis diAumjnoneTunctCjLibycisucurbibus adlraUam defcrunr, 

 fcdab Aegypria Alexandria, in quam urbem uclutoricntis emporiumlndicaomnia, dctuhri 

 ttaris,atquc Acdnopum mercimoniacomportantur ♦Huncin modum igitur(quantum eJc 

 librorum, rcic^ ipfius diligcnri ueftigatione acc?pimus)ifla fc habcnt . Auiccnnam uero^ac re- 

 liquos qui fanguinem hunc Draconiscfl^e hcrbae fuccum putaucrunt^refellere propoGtuiji 

 noncfttillidc his uidcrint qui>frabicam mcdicinam diligentiuscoluerunt.NosiiiaproPIi- 

 nioCutpotuimus)refpondimus;quemc^inilIoIiterarumomnium,nnguarumcj?gymnafio,in 





iUocomunigenriumoh'matc$artiumdomiViliourbeRoma,n6hfegniter,ncc);odofemo^^^ 

 tcm , uiru alioquin diligentiflimif,fed infigniloco &'dignitatepofitii,no Cinnabaris modo,uc 



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nniuquas fine ulla exceptionefcribir,ccrtiflrima3 in tanto mortaliuconcurfu no- 

 jUerifimilius multo e(t,quam quemuis graeculum gentis ruac uoluminibus infu 

 dantem. Ndm quod ad Leoniccnum hunc pcrtinct, qui non minori(ut cft uiderc) anogantiai 

 quam in fuperioribus imperiria,quod a P L I N I O de Cinnabar«dicitur,putare fe di- 

 xit cfTe fabniofum , ut qui rCrum ufum nulli?m cam facile mirabundus haberc uidearur : 



non uidcojcur D racojium ,Eiephantoram^ufe permixws fanguisjdc quorum iniraicitijs >- 



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