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PATRIS E~~IPIIANII EPI~S COP ley P R I ADD I 0­dorum Tyri epifcopurrlJ De X I 1.Gemmis1qme erarit in vefl:e Aaronis,Liber Gr.-ecuS, & eregione Latinus). lola Hicrotaratltirio interprete:

cLim Corollario Conra­di Gefneri.

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. dicta Epomidis hum era-Its hccrdotis, fupra ped-us Aaronis Dominus iufsitt alligari:vteum corll t illfibtd.t l1omlna,colorcs fiucformas 10cos,& ~'i, id eft;>

qux faeiune in de ad pietatem medi- ft6tt/a i1t~ tatlOnes)tutn etiam ad quam indicanmcti. dam q urelibet Gemma pofita fueric, quoch in loco & in.qua patria inue-niatur, id paucis 'ci bi exponam: Hoc quidemitafe habet.

~adrifariatn diuiditur Rationa­le.Etlpfuln quadratum t palmilongi tdodratk tudincm aclatitudinem habet. 'Pri-mi quidem. ordinis prima' Gemma,

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Sardius, tum Topa.zins,d<:in ~n1arag: dus. Secllndus ordo pnma gemma habet CarbuncululD,fecund5 Sapphi rur'n,terti:i Ia{pidem. In tertio ordine funt, primatLigurius,fecunda Acha- t Ljl11cu::' t~s,tertia Am ethyftus. J n qtlarto,pri l'ium, rna Chryfolith us,fecuda BeryIIus, tel' tiatOnychiii. Etiftre quide funtXlr. tonyx. Gemmce, qure in Humerali (EpOJ1:1i- . de) facerdotis fUllt annexre, q uaru tu

. difcrimina tum loeifuntiil:i. . I.

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,.dis. Grauifsima autem efl: fub initiii veris,cum huiufmodi mala: affe~io­nes incipiunr.

. IT. . Topazius gemma colore r~bet;ma .. gis g; Carbunculus. Nafcitur in To­paza vrbe Indi.e,inuenta. q 1.1On dam it

.. he a 1a picidis in (orde alterius Iapi­dis:q ua cum fplendidam vidiiTent,& Thebanis quibufda ofiendi£fent,par tio preciovendidere. Thel:;ani 'Vero, tum tcmporisregnum adaiiniftranu

. Regin;.e attulerunt.Illa vero diadema t! fLlO impofuit hi. rnediofrontis. Ha­bet tale experimentum ha:c gemma. Anrita medIca cote reddie 1uccum non pro [uo colore rubrum, fed la~ acurn. Impletautem ruccoillius ac-

. tnt~q4otcrateres volueritisquiaf~ frtCat,ld~ abfq3 prioris pondens vIla plane immimmone. V tllis efl: fuccus , hicad marbos oculorll. Eporus ad­ued"dtur hydropl, & medel: tabefcen rib us ab vqa marmafumpta.

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Smaragdus gema.Vocath~c etiamPrafin lJ.E11ep viridi colore, & differGttame aliquantG iorerCc. ~ida eniiniUos vocae N eronianos, ali; Domitia. .nos. EeNeronian us qui de parua efte11 forma,valcle viridis,pellucidus;&

I fplendcs.Appc;I1atii vero Neronianiiflue Domitianii huiufmodi de cau[a.ferflt.Nerone aifrtfiueDomitianfl 0- I

leuiITmulta va[a infudiire~& interual10 teporis,oleG viride colore cont1'a.­xi1Te, hoc~ oleo petracopiofius riga

. tfifloridioris co10ris euafiffe. Alij di­cuntNerone quenda antiquft'artifi.­ce,getnmarll fcalptore,Smaragdi prteCipUll v£i.nu inuenifre, & gemma ifra:ab illo Neroniana dia:a::alij vero Do­mitianaappellarimalUt. Sunta'Gt&alij Smaragdi:& primusqde naCcitinIudrea,Neroniano valde limilis:altervero inAethiopia,quc eria in l?hiConeflu uio nafd dicu nt. Phi[on aut apudGroeco$ Indus,apud ~arbaros Gages

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vocat.Aiunt etia Carbunculii inhoc' :t;luuio gigrti.Illic cnirn ,inquit Mo[es_ Catbficuhis & gemaPrafinus.Ferllnt: aut Smaragdll ipeculi m(l:arimagine$ tc:dderc;Tradutetiii fabulatores ui'nt

. ell habere ad pr.edicedas res tuturas.. . . . 1 I I I. ' .

Carbucuius g/ma,ptmiceo cOlore ardcr.Nafcit in Canhagine Liby~, q

• di citur AfricOl.Sunt c;} ita in~.eniri haG gemma dicant:lntc!rdiu qU.ideno vi. 'deri;(~d n.o~u ini1:ar lampadis & car .. f,QNis fril1tillatis eminus Ole pcul ap. parere';l--Iinc agnitii Si earn qu<trut~fa­clie lOuenliit. Gdhua quibufc(iq,vc:, itl bus tegatur,lat8re n6 poteil:. Sp)ert der enim: eiLis extra v'elles apparet: vnde etta Cilrbuculu8,appellat. Car~ bunc(Jlo rt6nihil, patii quide, llmllis eft gedlrtl~ CeraOnius,que ail<.]ui ()I'II~

wCp a VLl1i nigricaritis colore cQgnll" . minane. Ell edam gemma dl\~1a Car': chedoriius non a:b!imilis hUIC) qUo .. tlliUll & i~idltm loci tepcrm.ffi '

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V. Sapphirus gema purpurafeit vcfpe

cies Blaml!,Ici eil,Purpur.enigr;e; MllI ta runt cius gen~ra. Ell: enIm Reglus, aurcis punclls varius. N 6 ell vcrobic: in rcltaadmiratione,qllata ille g, prot ,fus purpurafcit. Ee hie dicitureHc ell in India tUI,11.etia in Aethiopia. Quo­circa alUntapud [ndos templlt eXUl!

aumBaceho extare.q uDd gracius e)t Sapphira trecentos fexagintaqulO<)

. habciH'~luis multi fide n6 adolbcan c. E(tvero germnaadmirabl1ls, pukhct ritnil)gratiCsima:proptcrea etlain ar .. millis &monillbus reponic6[ueuic, id4potiullmu a regibus. LCcll eriam inter remedia habet. Anrica em & 1<1 ai pmixta plagis q flue ex puftLlJis a1 his & wberculls medeL GWis illinai. Scrip.tiidl: & inlege,vifiotlcm q 1\'10 G. apparLlidn monte,& legem daram.,ill . gemma Sapphiro fllUI~ cxprel1am.

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rna (colore) refert. Iriu~nituradripas Thermodonrisfiuliij, & circa Ama":' thunre oppidu Cyprl. HlJ.ius verq 1a­pidisAmathufij ddli:multafuntgene ra.Qcf ad colore,v,lretytSmaragdus: fcd eft'ohtuGor&hebetior.intus cor pus hab'ct viride)fimilis .erugini, ha-

. bctc,;yenas quatuorordinu. Hrecno xi~ pniitafmata expeUit,vcquidafabu laM. Ell: & alia magis glauca q mare, fa~uratjQr flore & tintCura.Aliarepe . rit in'fpelucis mon tis Id:l: in Phrygia. pellll'cidi.or purpura q cochlea: ma.ri-· n<E fanglline dngit,& vini nigricolntis. coloritirPl1ior,amechyil:o faturatior •

. Neccoim vnius & eiufd6 coloris ole facultatis efi Iafpis:Sed hrec.~de mol­lior eft ~ albio'r,qu~ne~valde nitee, ne'l3 furfils fp1edore delhtuit:alia ve­ro tlmilis aqua!.glaciei. Tradut fabu~

. latores hac ipfa pc:lh ph5ta[mata. In .. ucmt alit apudlberos &]?~ftoresHyr canosq,terraCafpiaaccoHit. Ea~ ali us Iafpis;no vald e [pico des, viridis.

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VIr. LigyriusvelLyncurius gerna.De hu

ius inuetione velapud ~atur~ indaga. torcs) vel apud alios veteres,qui harft terft meminerllt, nihil cognouimus. Innemrnus tn Lancuriu gemma v~ca. ta, qua vulgarilinguaLaguriiiappeI .. lant.Erfore?: purohune dTeLyguriu .. quandoguide diuinx litera: nomina. tranfpofuerCtt:cxepli gratia, Srnarag-. dfi .. Praunu appelLitds. Be inter norni na gemrnarltHy,:tcinthi,qui & pcipu9

& prcciofus efilapis notus4omnib·. no meminerut:vt in mente nobis ve-' nerit.nutnforte ligyriuhanc gemma appellet fan eta fcriptura. Hyacinth9 ,

igif diuerfas habetformas.QE.o enlm rep enE colore pfnn dior,eo creteris p ftatioreil:.Similis ea colori lanl( q [up ,Purpurafcit aliquatenus. ~aJPPter

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peura. Etprimusquide lapis,vocaturtMarin us~ fecundustRofeus:tertius, t3'lx~tt(1"...Nati4US:Q ~Hlrt'lIS, Ch~nrii<eus: quin· uJ,.,yr.tus, P_erileucus. Inueniiitur ha: gern~t joJ)lIo~.

in inter~ori aarbari~ ~cythia:; & pterquod funtvalqepciofre~miraquo~

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cdnferuat.Dici'c etia ~a:c gema coduceremulieribus parituris, vt facihuspariant.pr~t~rea fuga~ [pecha.-

, VIll. 'Gemma Achates. Hanc gemmam

(ufpicati funtquida e{(e earn quce didcur Perileucos,qua: in Hyacinthi me­doe diCta eit anobis.Mirabihs ell ge;macoloris fubcoeruleL extr~n(ectis

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Filij Lere :t ~ U 0: Ifafchar ,Amethy:" itus:Z.abuI9n,Chryfolithus.

Filij Rachelis, duo: Iofcph .. BeryJ­lus:BeniaminIOnychiurn.

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coloribas ~ttilllptC : ittlrco) J:r)lacinrhil1()~i'ur..j'lm:o)coccllJo,l;:fli;;o.

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$ 'l1'do:rlYX inImmci'Q,f

J.ltmin~ltexo•

lnbao

'c 0 R 0 i 1; villI r M. .~

INhac tabella propofui gemas XII. _ numero, totidem Ifraahs tribubul acc-ommodatas) iuxta Epiphanium: .

. hoc ordine,vr prima gemma filio pri .mogenitoJ hoc eft, maximo natu tri,. buarur)vitima vlnmo &.minimo na­tu:fecunda fecundo , & reliquiE reli •. qyis,fecundum ::etatis ordinl;lm:Gcut . etl:lrn in duahus humerorurn maior! bus gemmis,quas Sardonyches inrQr

.'/J pn:tantuf,dextrre quidem (enama~o ... rum natu filiarum IfraeIis infculpta erant: nomina) Gninra: vero roticle mi norutp. Addidimus autcl;ll fingulis literam maiufculam ) qure matris cu~ iufqJuomen indicat :L.Lc;e. Z.anciI­Ire elUS. R.Rachelis. B.Bala:,ancil·· la:: eius. .

Colores,G cui addereltbeat, rodi .. . dam aut quadratam figuram in qQo .. . que fpacio deGgnet:& colores add~­tur,:,vt h1c fubieciPlus. I. In primi loci iigura,color Sardihid ei1:)C~rne ... ~l~ dicta:: gemma:) qua:: ap\,ld aurifa.:

0-) 4

~ 1:1'11':Xl1. G2MMIS bros & locupletiores facile .inu~nie,., tur,vt&fequentiu plerreqJ.Non pof.. funt autem verbis fatis reCt~ defcribi color~s multi,qui exrebus ip6s infpe

, cbs mdlqs pipgentur, In Cecund<) . & renio lo~o Topazills & Srnftf;lg~

dus vulgo,norirunt~ S~militerin 5, . (,,8.& I2. Sapphirus)Iafpis,AchiltC:s~

& Onyx,omm99s fer¢ Ijfdem nomi­njbus per Qluerfas lingua'S feruatis I'll)

,fcuntllr,l3.tcum pler~~ plures habe .. ant fpe<;:i~s,cleligi po!lun~,qll$.rum e-" legantior in fuo gcnere color ca, aut qlli in eogefrequeptiprhabetuf,Pro Onyche, ..Dn~d2d Germapis dittus, vel Ch(l1cedoQius VqlgO(jt~lr;eb()nitt) ~91pkan$ pingatur. In quarto loco pro Carblloculo)Rubinus. In repti md prbLync;.:urio t Succinu au rei co .. lorie:, Ip npno Amethyfius crieo~a ~is ap~ld .Gl.'rmanos cogn.ominatus.,'

in d~clmo pro ChryfohthoJ rIya .. dnthus vulgo dicrus. nomina Icnim funt perm ucat<l. In vndtc;il;t1o 13;_,;;

Iylluf

· . COR()l.l.~:ntVM. _,. ryllus efr,cuifigura cyli'ndri, & colo.r· coe!'uleus dilutus conuenicnr. De­ccbit ctiam fingulas linea latiu(cula . f\urei coloris ambiri,auro cniro in Ra. ~ionali inclufz crant: Poi1remo eft ddlintt;l fint fpacia quin~ tranfuer,.. fa~cQloribustotide) vtin,Sacr!s prre 4

~ipiunturtexornari poterunt. Spaciii prim u m fiue fuprem um,purpureoAi uerubro cui ahquidnigrtadmixtum {j t. SecundoPJ)hya<;:inthino fiu~dan­thin.o, qualis in viola Martia eft, aut paulo faturatiorad c~ruleum verges. TertiuQ.1,;lureo. Q£.arwm 1 puniceo flue cocci,id efr,fcarlati vulgo dicti colore.Q.ujntum~ byf:;.ino. ell autem byfsi color fplendidus) auro~ fimi::l. lisJfed dilutior. DeniqJ gema: Ij.in V:" troqu<: hUtp(!ro, ('umOnycbes fint, eoclem cum duodecima gemmacalo re pingentur,.r\t fi quis Sardonych~s intc;rpretari inali~lnigredo fit in imo, candor in meclio.,ruborin fummo,iu, ~taD.AuguftinuminPfalmum 86.

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G E,M MAR V M IN tt A.I tionali omniU,nominain diuer-

tis lingUls,feclmdu diuer-{as incl3rpretes.. '

Hdl~'diCd ltrimhJd eX SJM&'s fo,mlPmtU. G1'~C,tJcx t)"t.d.w'one L X~)(.ilm},pi't:ttt, L4ti114,cx ditt! .l-lie1"onymi imci,/,,'etrt,tlO_

He;'qui LXx,inte1'jJl'ctcsfiCfHitur :jicy,t~ IJjJilo &Ioftphmfire in Qr£cu,.

1.

SArdiuS''Z~fJloJl.Hebroei~ ~"k)a ru .. bore fie didus,vtviderur:vnde &

Iu da:i noi'l:ri fqculi VLl IgQ Ru blUu jn.~ , terpretatur:Chaldaicus interprcs Bi:" plio rum Samkan,vcP.aulus Fa~ius an notauit:cuius Commentaria inExo~ .du n1 0.0$ confuluim us.Ell: autem .ad~ hibcmdafides Lxx-interpretibus Gr~ cis, circa nomendaturasrerulll falte. pocius quamlueheis: qui pofiquam a D~'o l"tfprobati runt~ vt c;~citateerga

filium

'co 11. OL L;;"(.R 1 rM:' ,- tl

filium eius,ita fu nil tti a ignorantia fme etiam lingua! yocabulorum, laboriit4

Iofephushoc loco Sardonycheril interpretatur: vnclecimam vero gem

,roam) qua: Schoham Hebraice diei­tur,onychem:com eodeflomine rna­:ximas in humeris pontificis gemmas1

Sardonyches interpretetur. taou e1.1: inconfiantia. Mihi hoc in loco Sat· dium verti placet.Schoham vero vn,.. , decimo loco Onychem interpreta .. ri)inhumeris vero Soltdonychcm J no efl: abfurclum: cum clure h~ gemma! vllius generis fpedes fint: Sard.onyx autero Onychc preciofior.quare Sar­donY'hes [smar1gdi,ftcundum LXX] cluremagna:, tan.quam nobilif$imre, aut lucidifsim::e Certe gemma!) fupra cretera..sfcodim. ~ aumeris poneban tur. Ex ca:'teris cnim vt aliquz etiam maioris prod; ford: fintjnon zq ue ta n1en fplendent,<1ut ad earn certe ma .... &nitudinclll nen accedunt.

D 1! :x11. G 1! M.M IS'

, I I.Topazius. T(}ntl~(lJl. Hebr.Pitdah.

'r'I'~l:l. Chaldams vertit Iarkan.larokquidcm Hebra:is virorel1l iignifieilt:& gemmam vi ridem dIe dicut'l t: rvn.de quidam (fu d~i) Smaragdum Intel'pretantur. R.Ionas .1it hundapidcl1lArabice voeari Smerad.· SedporiusfuerirT.opaZiu$,nOmll1e'etiam non.difsimili, {i pri ma m fyIIaba adiJcias.Epiphanius guidem Topaziillupra.Carbuncl,IJG rubere fcriblt: ego fplenderepotius quam rubere dixerim.Mirifice enim fulget:exit~ eius fuIgor incoIorom auro fitnilell1~' & cum inter...diu non facil~ pofsitvideri, quod ra­dIj Splis eiGmiles ~ircfieiJ:ca refplen...

, deant: uOctU confpicituf .abhis quicam e,olligunto Sed rt~<}3 virore caret!& cum Cuecum porn fe'rme refer_c,Iicut abhoc1pfodltt4 p~~JJtj.getnrnaTheophrafto.Prafius alijs; alihac ta~men dlftert,quod no tranfluceat moGOjfed etiam mirif4;e fulgea~ .. Duoe....

, ius

COROLZJ!JUVM '9iusgenera faciunt, prafoidem I atquc:' .chryfopteron, fimllem chryfoprato.Videturautem ead1em& Chryfolam­pis Plinij: quz pallidi coloris die etl,noCtu ignei: qua. ratione forfan Epi­phaniumaliquis defenderit, quati adnotl:urnum eius colorem tefpexerit.

Pas, 'PlHebr~i8aurutn bonum &::punun fonat:etfi quidam gemmas in.terpretaturlPf~l1mls '9'& :ZI.pro quoCantici Salomonis quintQMupas; I

'tP':'\'l:l, fcribitur"ytcitatMunlterus inHebraicolatinoL¢xico ;at Blblia abipfo e'dira,eoinloca fimpHciter pas,non mupas habent.inuenio & Vpas..'111"\ll( , in Lexico triIihgui Mun!leri,ne{cia q.uam're<R°e:a quolibetautcho...fumTopazij nomencleduci potuic..quod.tul'umoptil.numfuo coloreac(plen<!oreremula,rur. Author eJ1Pli'nius'circa ThebaidisAl.abaHnun na ..fei Topazium: vode Cubit, corrupn1cITe Epiphanij.. hunc 1Q cum deTopa..

, J) I,E ." Pc I &Z10~~I1I~.~'1'if1t "~"-~SfPf' 7unf, •. .Coo

lJ£ XII. GEMM19I I 1.

Smaragdus. Hehr.;BarcKotJ r\\)"d;'£ft"fa:yJl@-' Lxx. eu Cupra Schohal1'1verterio'C SinaragdutU) quam nos po.;tius Onychem aut Sardonychem.CcC"fe dix:irl1U5. Symn1;achus Ceraunilln~

r/~ddidlt.Chald;:eus transfert BarkanctR.lrak quidem fulgur &fulgoretria.gnlf\cat:qua origlOc induCi:usr~llg:iu.at

" cum Iud.ei~ re,,!Zntioribt.1S carbunct1l~.. lUI11 illtcrpretatur.:. De Ceraunio-r,¢}

Ceraunia gemma (nam&lapig etl~.".,

iufdetri nominis)qure·ipeciese.£1;ra~orice, pluta d\cam in libroDe£~uri~l~

pidum <::ap'4'1111. .,.r;;1

Carhunculus.c&8fd~Hehraiqe·Nqpek,ve\ 1'4ophech) 'i!nl1. !labiDaui~Kunhi in. hbro Radicu diclcef1'eg "roam. nigri coloris)'VcFagius;('ita. ...r

alills qUldal,t1,colorefuf¢Q &.'rUitrli1J,te.Sunt qui tiubinus:rvulgodi~,effd,pucent)Munflerus: bu~.cfQ,1Ql.'1ll1o¢'~

&.E~~cl1ielis.,.?;.cit an,. ·...·Diuu~.ij.~~~.1'0+

COR QLL..AllJ.'PM. :20

ronyrnus Comment.in Efaiarn lib.).cap.6. Calculus ifie(inquit)quiafolisLxx.anthrax) id d1:J Carbunculus eftin terpretatus )potell: non carbonemiignificare vel prumarn,vt pleriCJl ex!­fiiman t:[ed Anthraca, id eft Garb un..€ulumlapidcm, quiobcoloris flam...mei £imilitudine igneusappeUawr.Sic We: fed Hebralce legiturrizpah;.,,1t:~t"'l; Idem ad Darnafum in Epiil:olacuius initium,Septuagrnta:Calculo, .inquit, Sephora ~lium circuncidir,'[ttl Mc.Hcbt·r,t,ice legltUi' ~'r,>1Jon nopho~ &filiccmAg'l1iftC.tt.J& Iefus populum purgadtVltlJS, & in ApocalypG Dorni...nusp6lhcr:turvincentibus, vt acci...piantcalculum ,& [cribic fupereumnomennouum. Videnrurautem mi.­hi& Lxx.inco quod anthraca traf1:ulerune,idcm fenlHfequod cieteri.an...thrax quippe qp.em nos Carbunculwinterpretamur J genus efl:lapidis ful..gidt ac~ nitentis,quem eril\llf inXII.l,ap.idibus inu.cnimtls.

1J E ;x 1 I. 'G 1! 114 M. I I V.

Sapphirl1s~ 'Z"7rCP~/ff§;Y, Hebr,' Sap.a pir~ "\\'l'O. EWe: quidem hanc Sapphlrli vel ipfumHebraicum nomen loqui­tur:vtnon Unt al~diendiIud<ri,gui ge. ma! huic colorem rubrum aut candi~ dum tribuunc :aliqui tam en aerei,id efi,fubcrerulei coloris c:ife rcae fed .. bun t. Sun t qui cry!l:all urn vertao t. R. Dauid Kimhi in radicibus tradit lapi dem e.lfe quifuper incudenon rum .. patl1r;fc::d in cus pdtitls:albi & pu~i·co loris: qUa! duo Adamanti~ non Sap .. phiro conueniut1c.

V I" Ia{pis. 1~CW'l~. Hebraice Iah~Ioltl,

u;n .... Mun(tenls & Fagius Adamante reddGt.De hoc Abenezra lie fcribit: Magnus fapiens Hlpanus didteutn e1Tcdapidem J guialio nommealma.s [con:.tt!Jttlm pro .t(I;.tmM~vo ectur ! & frall gat omnes lapides, atq~ edam bcdel~ It u m [-v»iones ttli(J1~i itJte11m:t.fflfJ{1'] per~ foret:it yerboha.lam,q uod ei~ pcrcu.

tere"

to lfO,t.L.ARlvM. ~t

t~re)con~un~~re) vtiod in pri~cipio lltera adlctbna fit. In medlO Ra:" tionalis Deus ponere iu[sit Vrim & Thummim, Lxx:vertunt Jl.Vll.aJO"ll' '<fi.r. «'\.1;8E'J&W~id ell:, dbCtrinam & veritate, vt quidam interpre,tantur. Epipha­nius Adamantem, ficut &:Suicias in vocab ulo 'li~~cfl~ Non recH: tamehu¢ .' in medio Sardonychum(Smaragdos ipfi interpretantur) collocant. S~r ... donyches enim in humerislocaban .. tur, Vrim & Thummim in medioRa tionalis Cupra ipfum corlPorro de V..: rim & Thummim fc'ntentias' authoJ. rum multas varias.4) recital1t,Fagiu$ if!. Commentarijs in Exodum cap.2H. &. Munfterus in .AnnotflC],onib ll [uis.

Ego iahalom Hebrreis Adamantelh dYe cenfeomamfchamirHebraica di dio .. quam Ezechielis 3.& Zacharire 7.adamantem reddUl1t plerique om­ne'S)no hunc,fed lapldem frnitih Qra: cis diC1um.l ab Hebrleis niroirum f.1"" a (, noItlinC'~ fi gnificarunihi videtUI'4

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DE XII.. G1!MM:1S Idem nomen Germani fete feruant; \ (tn 6mirgd. ~ceterum iafpidis aliud nomen Hebraidi infra numero XII. proferewws.

VII. Lyncurius . .l\..lI)'X.~(')OI') Lxx. etfi co:

dex nofier perperam habet t:ti),Jelop • • ldebraiceLefchem, 'OW? Epiphanius~

&. fccutus eum Hicronymus,eandem Hyacintha gemmam cile fufpicatur. IudreiTurci€am vlligo diCtam eKe pu tant; Ego Lyncurium a Succino non differrcvideo: &ld quo~ pro gem .. mahabitum oli1l),pr~fertim quod au reo colore pdlucet acfplendet, mini me dubito. Et forte Lcfchem vel Lc­{em vox,ad GleH'um accedit: quo no :minevereres OermanosSuccinu ap .. pellaffe Plinillsrefert~ hodic quidem cxoleuit.

V III. Achates.A)i'l'Nf. Hebraice Sehebo;

"I:lW. R.DauidKimhl tradit hane ge. ' , .-am ad hyacinthinum cQlorc:m ae ..

clin~

c () 1l. btL.A. R rtNtJ. :U

c1inarc.Cbald<e' verti t Torkia)N"Iv'\t;, Turcic.am vulgo dietam nimirum in--'~lligens. ,

IX. Arrte\hy!hi!.A~ldtls€T'. Hebraic~

Achl}unah~ vel Ahalamah,\'i'l.'l:mt:e. Vi .. detur autem Grammaticis IudceorU dCi'iuf.lrih6c nomen a chalom, id eft; fomnio:quod qui gefiat,fempcrfom Xlia videat.Ch·aldaice vocat,En eglaJ ~;:\'I~1"~, id ea~ oculusvitu'li~ a nmi ... litUdine.

X. Chryrdlithus.xS>(JUt!i",O®-'J"lebraic~

Tarfchifch) '\l1'1'l1"'l'l. Hane R. Dauid Kiirihi coloris c:erulei facit. Vldetur aurem a mari, vnde prouenit (mquit Fagius)nomtmfuumaccepiffe. Qua ... re &Parapbrail:cs Chalda:us tra~fcrt~ ~1:l'l 'C"I"1::llKarus iama,fi reae lego.Ma nus dus quail fph::erul.e aurere ) ha:. b~tcs indufum Tarfchifch (Tharfis. Muntlerus,)Cantici 5. Sunt excrudi ~~~a.biWJlqLlifly~c:inth~lll intcrprc

. \ <,,) .:.

VI! XII. GEMM1.r

tentur~Munftero tefic:diccntes l1abe rc:formam TekeIet)n'~n:qllod nome pro colore hY<lcin thino let! (<eruLeo lap a: autfericIJemper accipi video in SacriS', riufguam auteIn' pro gemma.. TharGs quide alijs in locis .alIj inter. prerantur mare, portllm velllau,dc, infulam,Aphrican!.I\ldlihoc in loco . Hyacintbum vertere: placuerit: gtw .. ~iam aliudnuIlumhuius gemmre He brail;~rp n9m~n inuenimus: & habet' h::ec quoq, molds ftlbclXfllleurn colo rem:ea pra:fertim Hyacimhl {peciC's, quam Veneti autvioJacei colodsee. fc legimus,& imltari (Jpphirum. Etu ex nominis fimilitudine Tharlis,Tur dcam vvlgo vocatam efIc aliqo.iB co. iecerlt:qua:itide crerulei coloris efl:. fed p~ior 0 pinio magis .urider.

X l. . Onyx,velOnychinus vt: D.Hiero ..

nymiimerprccatlo habet:proei1:ac 'lU­teD,.) 9nychem~ vel oQy<:~,ilHnc voce di min.util.J.a dic;e(" SeprLl~ginta hoc ill

. . loco . .

COR.O lL..ARl'PM. %JBeryIli um.J3!1S'JM.j~: [egu,ente autem,& vltimoOnychiun1, OVU){H'l" pofue­runt.. ficuti & IofephllS. Hebraice legi,tur Schoham,onu;: Erantautem Schoh,lm duo magni, etiam inhq,rrieris E­pomidis, Lxx. Smaragdosvertetllnt,'Iof.:phus Sardooyches I di hocin 10..co onych<trn vertat.lege fupra qu~in

Gernn;t.e primre explicatione fcripH..mus. Iud~us qUidarnBibli?rU111p~:

;raph raitcsJere vbiC] v~rtit'~'''\''::i)itrlt'la,ql.lrevo}t ad Beryl1um accedere vi:...'d~tllr,il1q uit Fagius. Phifon f1.uuiu,~

circuit totam cerram Hauilah: in quaen allfurn bonutri,& Bdolah, [lIclOe­4:(j!:th : 11~od'd/ij a/iter' hturpnfltlftur,,}lt'Schoham) Ocne[eos 2. Augu·lfinu•

. Sceuchus in rccognitione in Vcku$T e£bu.l1etQtlH:Vatiatuf,inqUi t,in hoC'lapide Stboham:quem AqLl11a,Sym~

mach us & Theodotion,()~Y~&in'~fune mrerpretati , quos' fe~)qituF' P~::gninlls infuo Thefaurl;'h Sept' ..... 'raif

ldpid,m PraitittUtIWScnobams' t}\ri!t'edt) )

'l)1r :x 11. (.";1!MM 13 . ". :t\gon HebrC'eus, lapis eft predo[ug;' candidus & perrnix~us,(quod Ony~

. (hi con ueniro videtur,)vt citat AU.ell Ezra ~ [e quidem ignorar~ profe{[u$1" Vide plura fuperills deHcbrai~o hoq ;vocab4Io in prima get:nmil~ . X If.

BerylluB,velBery1lium ,Lxx.&ro~ lepho interprettbl,ls,Vide proximh~

/ tro, numcro Xr. Hebralcum noma . 111 Iafchpheh,l\111'(l5~, quod ad !afpid~

Grrecis & Latims vCitatu yocablllum ita accedit, vt minif11c dubito1P.d6 vl~ deatur ) quin h<tc ver?: tit Iafpis: pon quz {exeo loco Iahalom Hebraicedi citur, & jafpis a quipu[~am vertitur. cumfitAdar.h~s, •

B:Ecde duoclecim GemmisRatio nalis iiue po·tius Oraculi pontificij.

Porro Ezechielis cap.28.in thefau .. ris (vel j ndiadelllate) pripcipis Tyri, f~ duodccim iam diCl;is,nominantur nQuem,inHebraico textu: a Lxx.vc:"" FP; ~ D.Hicronymoijd~ni3 OQ1&lU,Noi

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I

1: Oll OL L.Ab.lf1'M. 2:' na cum auro & argento. Et forte «j .... "JYlOI' in textufcriptum fuit: "'J'JrJ~LJ verb 111 ma.rgine ad emendationead­fcriptum.irrepfitpofiea in textum.ia l-Iebraico cnirn auri tant~lm mentio fit~argentinuJla. &Exodi edam cap. 28.4Y~f"1' pro J..J':!JfJOp maleIegi,ia", moum.

Po!1:remo Apocalypfeos cap.2r.de Hierufalem ciy.itate creleL1:i fie legi-mlls: Et lumen eius Lirnilelapidi pre-c, ciofifsimo,tanquaIapidi iaCpidi cry-" :fialhfanti.Ethabebat murum magnii" & altull1 .. cum portis duodecim, &c. Cd

Erat~ i'trut1uramuri eius exiafpide:'~ & ciuitas OlurUm purum .. iimilis vitro" puro. Et fundamentalmuri omnila.- ,e pide preciofo ornata. Fundamen- " tum prim um,Iafpis. Secundu, Sap,.." phirus. Tertium,t Chalcc:d.onius. cc tCd"~

Quartum,Smaragdus. Q!!lnturn, cc cbedo .. ' Sardonyx. Sextum) Sardius. 3e- CC' ";111,. J

ptimum) Chryfolithus. Od:auum, " .. l:hrylluJ.. Nonum,. TopaZiu.. DI.!

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DE XII. GEMMl$

"citnuul)ChryCoprafus. Vndc('inrY, ~,Hyacinthus~ Duodecimum, ,l\me.,. ~, thyflus. ,

Ex: hifcc, odo nominantur eti:lr.l'1 inter dl10decim gemlllas Rationalis Aaronis:at Chalcedonius;jS~rJOllyX', «hty{opr.:lfus & HyacilHhus) h'ie no-:­minati)inRationali non inuenlutur: proc1? ij.,s ponutur Carbuncuhls)Lyn_ curius)Achates & Onychium.Potei~ aut'(:rn, pro Lyncurio intelligi Hyadn thus, vci Epiphanius etiaQ,1 & Hiero~ l1ymus,coniJciunt.Pro Carchcdonio (jie Cltim lq~erim ~J'X..1j(NVL~) ;Jon' ~A1(.i .. ;cti'~ 114 ChdlcedOJtitt?, 1Jt mfl:ri. Codices lJit ..

'h~'1Jt>J Carbunculi fpecies, Gr<lnatus vulgo dictus:pro Sardonyche, Onyx vd.10nychi:um~cum fint congenercS', & Sardonyx e Sardio & Onychcmi .. xtus·.AcqJ it.a rcliquu erit vt pro Sch;q bo Hebraicum nomen in Ration.1Ji, CJuod Achaten interptet.lntur, Dog C hryfoprafu 111 r~ddaro U8~\ gemtnam U,lulto pre'ciofiore1:l'1~ &; A~poni, Qt~i

natu

CO:ROLL.AltlY M. ~f

flatu digniorem. Et fic ijdem dtl,odc cim vtrm~ Iapides fucrint.··

Statucram in principia huius Co:"" rollarijJocos Sacr<Efcripturoe de po. tificaliAaronis ornatu (circa Ephod flue epomide pr~fertlm, & EiTen [Ho fchen,quod & petl:orale iudicij ~ .J\J-;, 1'~?fI\~ H.eia'fl,6J~ interpretaIl:turJ Guc,Ra. tionaIe in m.edio epomidis anteriorc parte fupra i pram cordis tedem, d.uo~ decim gemmis diitinctam) redtare ad verbum:vt habenturExodi capid bus 28.& 39,& leuitici cap.S. Dein-de Ez:echielis 28.locum,in quo ea::da . fere gemmoe nominantur: & ex nouo ' Te{!;,allleto Apocaiypfc4Iscap.2I.Sed Cllm hos locos quir~ in CuisBiblijs Ie gere pofsit, bre uitatis cauCa omiG, .

Dc:incepsvero vtangutl:um quod fuperefihuius quaternionis fpaciUln vel in Typographi gratia expleatur. veterum quorundam IDea argumen~ to pra!fenti appriine conuenien~ia, adfcribilm..

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.DR" XII. G:£ M.M.1S'Ephodem Iofephus Antiquitatufti

ludaicarum ~ibro tertio capite oCta­1.10', Grrecanicre epotnidi fimil:enl fa­dt. In huius medio (circa pectus me..dium) laclma quredam relinqueba..tur,cui inferebatur fruftii ijfdem co..loribus, quibus ephodes, val1'iegatii.Idvocabatur effcn, ac fi dicas Ratio­nale: & lacunam ada.rnufsim exple...bat.In vtroquel autem humero Gogu..Ii fardonyches .. fibularulU vice cpo....midem anneClabant. ,C~terum de bello I\1daic<J librofe..

Xto capite (exto:Ep:omis.. inquit,th()rad fimilis videbatur: dna-bu, aurQitafpidum [flutarum J{pede vincicba...tur: <Juibusincltdierant optirni ou",ximi<J Cardonyches. Rurfus hnti...quitatum libro tertio capitc:t1Qtlo:Sardonyches, inquit, quos'l)ontifex,in hUU1criS. gcfiabat , lllire fpleud""bant: is qui dextruttl hUllHlt'Utn 0':" .<;:Ilpabat, quoties litatum efi'et, tan...to fulgote cmiLfo,vtprocuI c'tiam it1~

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'c 0 1f. 0 l ~It1P:M. 'i,tuentibusconfpiceretur ) id4 PTa:­'ternaturam fuam & confuetudinem:[1ul1' &dL;4S fit(gercfiLitiJfid J1011 ade&.]I)er duodecimvero gemmas, quasinin pcaore pontifex infmas cfs~ni ga..iht,in bello vittoriiuu prrenunciare,Deus [oleba~.nam pripiguam'l\:xcr­citus fe moueret) tantus fulgor e)t cisc;:micabat)vttoti populp facile inn€)...tefceret,adeife Dc:ii>opcrnqlH! & aU..xilium fu~Ul inuocantibus ·effe alIa...lurum. quaproptcl!' Gr~ci)quotquot~ rcligionenoltranonabhorret,.cumhoc miraculum pro ~omperti{simo ..hab~at>ita vt negari nOll pofsit,efse...n~ vacant AO)tIOPI hOl: eit, ora~ulum.Sed de.fijt tam effim quam fardonyx:fulgorem ernitt~re>anni$dU,centisantcqU~1l1 hrec cOU1U1cnraremur ,iratopea proptetlegl.lln fua-rum.. prltuari'!'

cationem. Hrecillc. P1101raau..tem de Ephod lcges~,ucl

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D E natura duodecim lapidii <It<}t gemtn~rum non eft huius tem~

paris dicere .. cum & Gra::corutn plu. ril)1ifcripferint .. &Larinorum: e qui .. bus duos tan tum nominabo, virum fantl:~ & venerabilis mell10rire epi­fcopumEpiphaniurn:quiinGgne no .. ·

h his ingenij & eruditionisfll~\teliqllit volumen .. quod infcriplit ~ i\i9~f'j

• ErPliniulU Secundum, &c. C.leteru, ex duodecim lapidulU in RationaU .i\aranis pofirorum nllmero in qua,. tuorordines diuifo" fecundus habet ca~banc~I~m, C1pph~rurn ~ iarpj~e! qUltres It:ldem hoc In caplte·;Eral~

54.limu! nomiharur. ~arctdetrih'ul his ta.n tum dieem us in prrefcfntia.

Carbunculus igitur videt mihiigni tus fertno doihinz, quifugato erro­re tcnebl;arUttl" iHumlnat eorda ere ..

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C01l.0LlJ.AllI'PM. *,.dentiu, t &c. Porro Sapphirusquiponitur in fundamentis,caehhabetiimilitudinem,& fupra nos aeris. Ez€:

. chielis quo<» fcriptura'commemo­rat': quod locus in quo thronus DeifIrJapphiri habeat iimilituclinem 1&glorIa Domini in hoc colore confi­1bt,qui portat ima.gin'em fupercexle..(tis.Sed propugnacula vrbis Domini.c.;e. hoc ct1,murorum mcenia) iafpideroborantur: qui po.(Ihuto.mncJ1laltitudinemeleuanccm fe contra fcien ..tiamDe:j deil:ruere at<1J conuincue,& mendacium fu hij cere vGritati.~ergo in dlfputando forti[simus efi,&fanctarum [cripturarumtei1:imonijs.roboratus, inc propugnaculum Be.. ,dcfia:: eil:. Iafpidull1 rn ulta funt genera: [lJidr:tt/J'kr£c (/:i'EP.ip})4:1Jio ~rf!1;nj1Miffi,

. etfipan/In tWl;, (p; in 'p#lw:F{am 1J4,.id"J1~JAhus efl: cnimSmaragdlhab.e1;ls<nm~Iitudinem : qui repcncur in fontibusThermodoomis flummis)&vocaturN,quoJomnia phamafm!\tafugari au

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tumant.Aliusviridiormari,&:tintlu; qlllafi floribus.huneinPhrygioe mon" tdda,&in profundifsimis fpecubus ei us nafci rcfcrul1 t. Ali uro. vero i uxta IberosHyrtanos~)& matc: <;:afpium repcriri .. & prretipue iuxtalotGNeu­tin. Eft &: ali us Iafpis niui &: ijJllffia': marinorum fluCtuum limilis" & de ... menter quafi mixto emore fubruti .. lans. Hocdiximusv1:vniuerfas gta.­tias.fpiritllalcs in Ecclellre pr~pugna­cuhs cognofcamus: quas qUlhabue ... rit) vanos timores fugQc, & poten etl fponfa dicc:te:Fratruelis me us candi­dus & rubicund us. Portoe atl"temi .. thus duitatis delaplde 'ft.tnt cryfl:al~

,IO!q ui fcalpiturvarijs modts.: qllo la .. pide mhil purjuse~1.Deniqnrehemcn tifiimis alpium frigoribusl&ina'E:cef­[is Soli fpeluncis) concret:Cete aqua:: dicunmrin cryf.l:.:lll.liIm·~ &: eactu qui. dem lapideroJv {u aquam efIc,&c. ~od ad colores, qlllbus vt vela.

tetnplj~it~ IkPomilicis Epomis &~\.~ tlO~

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tionale difiinguebantur, (aureij~byf­£num,coccinum feu puniccum,pur .. pureum,&hyacinthinum veliamhi. num,)de ijs hIe quicquam adferre,all gufiia ternporis & loci exdudimur. Cui Vacat &; libet,legat Iofephum An ~iquitatum 3. S. &Philoncmdevita

Mofislibro tertiQ:&Origincm : HomiIia nona in Ex ..

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