People, places, and concepts that appear across multiple books in the collection. Discover connections between texts.
690 results starting with “E”
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Refers to Holy Roman Emperors such as Ferdinand II or III, who were central figures during the Thirty Years' War and patrons of various intellectual and occult pursuits.
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A rhetorical device involving the vivid, often dramatic, verbal description of a visual work of art, central to Renaissance literary and aesthetic theory.
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One of the three genera of ancient Greek music, characterized by the use of microtonal intervals, specifically quarter tones.
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In pre-modern medicine, a fever lasting only a single day, typically attributed to non-putrid causes such as fatigue or emotional distress.
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The theological doctrine concerning God's sovereign choice in salvation, reinterpreted by Jakob Böhme as a process of inner spiritual attraction and transformation.
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The anatomical channels or organs through which the body expels waste and morbid humors, a key concept in early modern and Paracelsian medicine.
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A messianic figure in alchemical and Rosicrucian tradition, predicted by Paracelsus to appear and reveal the ultimate secrets of nature and the transmutation of metals.
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King of England (1327–1377) who, in alchemical legend, was said to have patronized Raymond Lully to produce gold for his coinage.
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A pioneering 15th-century German printer who produced the first printed edition of Euclid's Elements and introduced multi-color astronomical diagrams.
A Jewish sorcerer and false prophet described in the Acts of the Apostles who was struck blind after opposing the apostle Paul.
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The great circle on the celestial sphere or the Earth's surface equidistant from the poles, serving as the primary reference line for coordinate systems.
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A powerful German prince and patron of the sciences who maintained an extensive alchemical laboratory and supported numerous hermetic and scientific practitioners.
An ancient Syrian city, modern-day Homs, which was a significant religious center for the cult of Elagabalus and a key Roman administrative site.
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A speaker in the alchemical 'Turba Philosophorum,' generally identified by scholars as a corrupted reference to the Pre-Socratic philosopher Anaximenes.
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The son of Charlemagne and Carolingian Emperor whose reign was marked by a synthesis of political power and religious reform, fostering a culture of liturgical and artistic production.
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The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge, evolving significantly during the scientific revolution.
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