Observatio XIV. 



Qvod Dn, Dn.Joh.VVolfgangm Cran^us Iliuftrifs. Comitis Hanov. 

 ArchiaterdePetrificationeincoeptajnondum penitus perfe&a fcripfe- 

 rit, verum e(fe mox patebit. Hujus verborum fenfus, ut in Germanicis 

 ad me Litteris fonat , fcaran nccf) mercfuclj fcer jufammen geroflfen 

 @$fona,en * corpus an f^etfs Drfen $u fefren / GammarologU verbisp. ig^. 

 an fatis expreflus , nefcio , ubi vertuntur, hincinde clare apparere qvi- 

 busdam in locis , qvomodo ferpentis frufta in unum globum coalefcere 

 tentarint, unde & Ejusd.Gammarol. ^./#.nonade6re&eeoncluditur a 

 partes qvasdam intactas reliqvit fermentum duriore qvotidie cortice 

 penitus undiqvacg veftiandas. Namq? attentius mihi confideranti, li- 

 macg & fcalpro tentanti , omniafrufia majora & minora ipfius ferpentis, 

 ubi non funt tecla & fepulta feu gypfeo feu lapideo chylo , ubicp dura, 

 fplendente, fqvamfa feu verius ordinatis granulis diftinfta, nigricante & 

 ferefui coloris, paulo tamen obfcurioris qvam vivis ineft ferpentibus, 

 cute armata apparent. Hsec verb fi abradas, molliorem intus oftendit 

 carnem cum fibrulis fuis [ nifi me fallit Mtcrofcopium ] petrefacram ta- 

 men & minus nigredine tinctam , uthancpotim Mumiam, qvamLapi- 

 dem dixeris , eamcg cortice lapideo incruftatam , qvia hxc facilius iile 

 dimcillime abrac^poflfet. Exficcatio enim fola mumiz hfc locum non 

 habuit propter r^ttrefacientem calorem ventriculi. Jpfe autem circum- 

 fufus& ferruminans Chjlus exterius qvidem nitet,durioretegmine, in- 

 tus vero fragiiior, gypfum feu calcem illam tophaceam materiarri-* 

 refert , qvx in fornicibus & ceilis defudans adnafcitur, & in ftirias 

 formatur. 



In rimaaliqva, qvxafterifco in delineationenotatur, ubi oblon- 

 gius fruftum alteri impofitum a Chylo minus firmiteragglutinatumeft, 

 cedit hoc manui moventi &fle6:iturparum,utindenonad meduMam 

 ufcfjinduratum conjicere oporteat. In hac figura videre licet aliqvot 

 herbarum fibras mobiles,ubi chylus qvocgipfeobfoletocoloreminus 

 nitet ut extra. Et hic imprimis Odorem fpirat amabilem , & qvalem 

 vel Bezohar vel Unicornu inclufum , aut aliac fragantes alexipharmacse 

 herbse folent, qvando in reliqvo corpore propter firmatam cutem & ef- 

 fluvia odorifera detinentem minus fentitur, nifi ubi chylus hincinde 

 abrafus eft. Hunc odorem etiam Burrhus , nempe carnis ferpentinse & 

 vegetabilium permixtorum exfpirantem odoratus eft. 



Demodotf mora petrificationis dubium hseret, Dn. D.Majorqyi- 



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