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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)

Note 927 — BOOK XXXIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.647

John Bostock translation

“Elutam.” Though this is the reading given by the Bamberg MS., “luteam” seems preferable; a name owing, probably, to its being coloured with the plant “lutum,” as mentioned at the end of this Chapter.

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