The bath wherein the vessels are placed in Fig.IX. was called by the alchemists balneum Mariae, from Mary the Jewess, who is mentioned in the older alchemical writings, and is supposed to have invented an apparatus of this character. ❋ Peggy (2008)
Venae oculorum sunt rubrae, vide an praecesserit vini et aromatum usus, et frequens balneum, Trallian. lib. ❋ Unknown (2007)
His ordinary engine by which he produceth this effect, is the melancholy humour itself, which is balneum diaboli, the devil's bath; and as in Saul, those evil spirits get in [6696] as it were, and take possession of us. ❋ Unknown (2007)
It seemed also good to me to go and bathe, having heard that the bath had its name (balneum) from the Greek Balaneion for that it drives sadness from the mind. ❋ Unknown (1999)
One door had led to Hyacinth's balneum, Silk reminded himself, another to her bedchamber. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1996)
He produced shiny scissors exactly like those Silk had found in Hyacinth's balneum. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1993)
The balneum was larger than he had anticipated, with a jade tub more than big enough for the naked goddess at the head of the staircase and a separate water closet. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1993)
Prior to entering the balneum, you inquired about weapons, sir, and places of concealment. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1993)
He glimpsed the balneum through the door she opened. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1993)
She emerged from the balneum, naked still, holding out a gold cup scarcely larger than a thimble, half filled with brick-colored powder. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1993)
It then occurred to me that it would be a good thing to go and bathe, for I had heard that the word for bath [balneum] took its name from the Greek balaneion [balaneion], because it washes anxiety from the mind. ❋ 345-430 (1955)
The bath wherein the vessels are placed in Fig.IX. was called by the alchemists _balneum Mariae_, from Mary the Jewess, who is mentioned in the older alchemical writings, and is supposed to have invented an apparatus of this character. ❋ M. M. Pattison Muir (N/A)
BALNEOTHERAPEUTICS (Lat. _balneum_, a bath, and Gr. [Greek: therapeuein], to treat medically). ❋ Various (N/A)
If this was the case, each semi-circular recess just described was a _calda lavatio, balneum or labrum_. ❋ Charles E. Davis (N/A)
It seemed also good to me to go and bathe, having heard that the bath had its name (balneum) from the Greek [Greek], for that it drives sadness from the mind. ❋ Unknown (1909)
We are told in the "Liber Pontificalis" that Pope S.mmachus (498-514), while building the basilica of S. Pancrazio, on the Via Aurelia, _fecit in eadem balneum_, "provided it with a bath." ❋ Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1888)
The heat of the balneum will raise the fumes of the vinegar, and they will soften the pearls in the silk and bring them to the consistence of a paste, which being done, take them out and mould them to what bigness, form, and shape you please. ❋ Anonymous (1855)
Is it not curious, that there should have been a _balneum Mariae_ at New London two hundred years ago? that ❋ James Russell Lowell (1855)
