Poem, no date (1568), by M.G.V.M.M. (BP098)

From Theatrum Paracelsicum
Author: M.G.V.M.M.
Type: Poem
Date: no date [1568]
Pages: 1
Language: Latin
Quote as: https://www.theatrum-paracelsicum.com/index.php?curid=2069
Editor: Edited by Julian Paulus
Source:
Paracelsus, Septem libri de gradibus, de compositionibus, de dosibus receptorum ac Naturalium, ed. Adam von Bodenstein, Basel: Pietro Perna 1568, sig. o7v [BP098]
Translation: Raw translation see below
Abstract: The text presents a couplet in which the Roman numerals spell out the year in which the book was first written. (generated by Chat-GPT)
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[sig. o7v] Literae nvmerales seqventis distichi ostendunt annum quo primum scriptus est liber iste.

Hanc apothecam quo fecit Theophrastus in anno.
Per literas Latias versibus hisce patet.[n1]

Apparatus

Notes

  1. HanC apotheCaM qVo feCIt TheophrastVs In anno. Per LIteras LatIas VersIbVs hIsCe patet; the Roman numerals add up to 1633; according to Sudhoff to 1527.


English Raw Translation

Generated by ChatGPT-4 on 13 August 2023. Attention: This translation is a machine translation by artificial intelligence. The translation has not been checked and should not be cited without additional human verification.

The numeral letters of the following couplet show the year in which this book was first written.

This apothecary that Theophrastus made in the year
Is revealed through the Latin letters in these verses.