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title: What Is the Preparation of the Black Dry
title_greek: Τίς ἡ τοῦ μέλανος ξηρίου κατασκευή
author: Alchemist I
eul_wid: rrg-ao
eul_aid: rrg
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/alchemist-i-preparation-black-dry-rrg-ao"
period: Roman
dialect: Technical Koine
domain: Science
format: Treatise
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# What Is the Preparation of the Black Dry

*Τίς ἡ τοῦ μέλανος ξηρίου κατασκευή*

**Author:** Alchemist I

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## Text

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ΤΙΣ Η ΤΟΥ ΜΕΛΑΝΟΣ ΞΗΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΗ Ἐπὶ χρώματος ἐβενίνου τὸ σποδίον οὐ πλύνεις, ἀλλ’ ἑνώσας κατὰ λόγον τοῖς ὕδασι τοῖς λευκοῖς, ποιεῖς τὸ διὰ τῶν βολβίτων χριστήριον ἐν ἐβδομάσιν ἡμέραις δυσὶν ἢ τρισίν. Ἔνθεν ἔλεγεν Ζώσιμος οὕτως· μηδὲν κυρκανευθῇς, μελαίνειν γὰρ ἀντὶ τοῦ μελαίνεσθαι, καὶ πάλιν βάπτει μέλαν ἔλαττον ἄφευκτον.

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