Middle English Dictionary Entry
aurum n.
Entry Info
| Forms | aurum n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Associated quotations
- a1475 Lovely lordynges (Brog 2.1)p.4 : Pynnaculs alle of aurum, Clene gold alle and summe.
- a1500 in Singer Cat.Alchem.2.340 : Aurum is golde, is most temperat of all metals.
- 1652(a1500) I schal yowe tell in Ashmole TC (AshmTC)351 : Thre Kynggys..To Cryst brwght Aurum, Tus & Myrham..Aurum betokeneth heer, owre Bodi than.
2.
(a) ~ musicum (misticum), stannic sulphide, mosaic gold; (b) ~ potabile, a potion containing finely divided gold in suspension, a cure for old age.
Associated quotations
a
- [ a1400 in Singer Cat.Alchem.2.398 : Ad aurum musicum faciendum. ]
- a1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)79 : To make aurum misticum: take..j li. of salle armoniac, j li. of sulphere, j li. of mercury crude, j li. of tynne.
- a1500 Sln.2584 Med.Miscell.(Sln 2584)123/20 : Here may þou lere to make aurum musicum. Take..salt armonyac [etc.].
b
- [ a1500 in Singer Cat.Alchem.2.429 : Aurum potabile sic fit. Recipe auri foliati et dissolve ipsum cum melle et aqua vite, et postea laua bene cum aqua munda. ]
- c1460(?c1435) Lydg.Let.Glo.(Hrl 2255)46 : Aurum potabile for folk ferre ronne in age, In quynt-essence best restauracioun.
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)44a : When he was for age nye ded, he made therof aurum potabile Which hime Reviued, as men may se.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Rwl.C.506 Artist.Recipes (Rwl C.506) 176/1 : To make aurum musicum. Take a vyoll of glasse and lute it well, [etc.].
Note: Additional quot., sense 2.(a).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. aurum potabile.