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Alan Pritchard
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Posted: Fri Jan 6th, 2012 04:46 pm |
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I wonder if anyone can help with identifying some symbols used in the MPH manuscript books. I don't seem to be able to copy them, but they appear on page 215 of http://www.archive.org/details/manlypalmerhbox18v2hall. The page begins "Memorandum respecting the preparation..."
The two symbols are on the 3rd line. The first is 3 triangles that look like a mountain range; the 2nd is the Mercury symbol, with a line with a 'bump' on it.
I'm not very good at description, sorry.
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Rafal T. Prinke
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Posted: Fri Jan 6th, 2012 05:55 pm |
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Hi Alan,
The 2nd is certainly Mercury Sublimate. Concerning the 1st, I guess the mountains may actually be a crown and then it is Regulus of Antimony and Iron.
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Paul Ferguson
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Posted: Sat Jan 7th, 2012 09:52 am |
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Here (with a bit of luck) is the page in question. The trick seems to be to go to 'thumbnail view', find the page (rather labour-intensive as there doesn't seem to be a 'Go to page' feature) and then right-click and save in the usual way.
Link works better without the fullstop 
http://www.archive.org/details/manlypalmerhbox18v2hallAttached Image (viewed 320 times):
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Alan Pritchard
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Posted: Sat Jan 7th, 2012 10:24 am |
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Thanks, Rafal.
Having identified those, I went back to Unicode Alchemical symbols and found the symbol for Mercury sublimate (1F710)and for Regulus of antimony (1F730) - although the latter is marginally different from that in the book. There are 2 different symbols for Regulus of antimony, and 4 for Regulus.
And thanks to Paul for getting the page up as an attachment.
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Paul Ferguson
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Posted: Sat Jan 7th, 2012 01:36 pm |
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| Nearest I can find to the three triangles is two consecutive triangles indicating 'strong fire'. Last edited on Sat Jan 7th, 2012 10:03 pm by Paul Ferguson
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