View source for Alchemical and astrological symbols used by John Ward in V.a.287 and V.a.291

[http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=335072 V.a.287] and [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=335076 V.a.291] are diaries kept by John Ward, vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon from 1662 to 1681 and a medical physician. V.a.287 was used at several times: Oxford in September 1658 (fol. 1r-9v) and Stratford from February to October 1665 (fol. 10r-67v), spring and summer of 1666 (fol. 68r-ca. 100), and from 1668 to 1671 (ca. fol. 100-150v). V.a.291 was kept at Oxford and London from January 1660/61 to 14 February 1661/62. A note on back inside cover states that the book was finished at his "chambers in the Bell in Aldersgate street." For more information on Ward, see [[John Ward's Latin]] and [https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/A_Semi-Diplomatic_Transcription_of_Selections_from_the_John_Ward_Diaries,_vol._9_(1662-1663),_V.a.292 A Semi-Diplomatic Transcription of Selections from the John Ward Diaries].

This list was compiled by Dr. Robert Tallaksen, a reader and transcriber at the Folger Shakespeare Library.

==Alchemical and astrological symbols== 

The following symbols appear on [https://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/v9aeds leaf one recto and verso of V.a.287] and [https://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/b6v13l leaf 164 recto and verso of V.a.291]. Those symbols that appear only in V.a.291 are so indicated in the "Notes" column.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! width=120px; | Image (TK) !! Symbol !! Hex codepoint !! HTML !! English equivalent !! Notes
|-
| Acetum || [[File:Acetum287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Acetum291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128778; || U+1F70A || &amp;#128778; || vinegar || 
|-
| Acetum distillatum || [[File:AcetumDist287.PNG|50px]] [[File:AcetumDist291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128779; || U+1F70B || &amp;#128779; || distilled vinegar || 
|-
| Aer || [[File:Aer287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Aer291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128769; || U+1F701 || &amp;#128769; || air || 
|-
| Alembicus || [[File:Alembicus287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Alembicus291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128874; || U+1F76A || &amp;#128874; || alembic || 
|-
| Alumen || [[File:Alumen287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Alumen291.PNG|50px]] || || none || none || alum || JW's symbol differs from the Schröder's symbol for alumen: &#128837;
|-
| Amphora/ Amphoræ || [[File:Amphora287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Amphora291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9810; || U+2652 || &amp;#9810; || Aquarius (astrological) || 
|-
| Amalgama || [[File:Amalgama287.PNG|100px]]  [[File:Amalgama291.PNG|100px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128859; || U+1F75B || &amp;#128859; || amalgam, usu. mixture of gold or silver w/mercury || 
|-
| Ana || [[File:Ana287.PNG|100px]]  [[File:Ana291.PNG|100px]] || <span style="text-decoration:overline; font-size: 1.875em;">a</span>; <span style="text-decoration:overline; font-size: 1.875em;">an</span> || none || none || of each || very common
|-
| Antimonium || [[File:Antimony287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Antimony291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9793; || U+2641 || &amp;#9793; || antimony; also used for earth || 
|-
| Aqua || [[File:Aqua287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Aqua291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128772; || U+1F704 || &amp;#128772; || water || 
|-
| Aqua fortis || [[File:AquaF287.PNG|50px]] [[File:AquaF291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128773; || U+1F705 || &amp;#128773; || nitric acid || 
|-
| Aqua regia (or stygia) || [[File:AquaR287.PNG|50px]] [[File:AquaR291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128774; || U+1F706 || &amp;#128774; || mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids ||
|-
| Arcitenens || [[File:Sag287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Sag291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9808; || U+2560 || &amp;#9808; || Sagittarius (astrological) || 
|-
| Arena || [[File:Sand287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Sand291.PNG|50px]] || || none || none || sand || JW's symbol; not yet documented elsewhere
|-
| Argentum || [[File:Silver287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Silver291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9790; || U+263E || &amp;#9790; || silver; also used for last quarter moon || 
|-
| Argentum vivum || [[File:ArgV287.PNG|50px]] [[File:ArgV291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9791; || U+263F || &amp;#9791; || mercury (liquid); quicksilver || 
|-
| Aries || [[File:Aries291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9800;|| U+2648 || &amp;#9800; || Ram (astrological) || 291 only
|-
| Arsenicum || [[File:Arsenic287.PNG|100px]] [[File:Arsenic291.PNG|100px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128826; || U+1F73A || &amp;#128826; || arsenic || 
|-
| Auripigmentum || [[File:ArsenicT287.PNG|100px]] [[File:ArsenicT291.PNG|100px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128829; || U+1F73D || &amp;#128829; || auripigment; AKA orpiment, arsenic trisulfide || 
|-
| Aurum || [[File:Aurum287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Aurum291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9737; || U+2609 || &amp;#9737; || gold; also used for the Sun || 
|-
| Balneum || [[File:Bath287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Bath291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | B || none || none || a bath || 
|-
| Balneum Mariæ || [[File:BM287.PNG|50px]] [[File:BM291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128875; || U+1F76B || &amp;#128875; || bain-marie ||
|-
| Balneum vaporis || [[File:BV287.PNG|50px]] [[File:BV291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128876; || U+1F76C || &amp;#128876; || steam bath, bath of vapors || 
|-
| Calx || [[File:Calx287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Calx291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128844; || U+1F74C || &amp;#128844; || chalk, calcium oxide || 
|-
| Calx viva || [[File:CalxV287.PNG|50px]] [[File:CalxV291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128833; || U+1F741 || &amp;#128833; || quicklime || 
|-
| Cancer || [[File:Cancer287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Cancer291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9803; || U+264B || &amp;#9803; || crab (Cancer:  astrological); may also be seen rotated 90°, resembling "69" as in oculi cancri || 
|-
| Caper || [[File:Caper291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9809; || U+2651 || &amp;#9809; || goat; Capricorn (astrological) || 291 only
|-
| Caput mortuum || [[File:CaputM287.PNG|50px]] [[File:CaputM291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128846; || U+1F74E || &amp;#128846; || residuum after distillation; sometimes symbol resembles a skull  || 
|-
| Chalybs || [[File:Steel287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Steel291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9794; || U+2642 || &amp;#9794; || steel, according to JW || This symbol usually used for iron; see below for Ward's symbol for iron. In 287, Ward uses the symbol for ashes || 
|-
| Cinabaris || [[File:HgS287.PNG|50px]] [[File:HgS291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128813; || U+1F72D || &amp;#128813; || cinnabar (HgS) || 
|-
| Cineres || [[File:Cineres291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128855; || U+1F757 || &amp;#128855; || ashes || 
|-
| Cornu Cervi || [[File:CC287.PNG|50px]] [[File:CC291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | C.C. || none || none || hart's horn; NB: not the plant || 
|-
| Crucibulum || [[File:Cruc287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Cruc291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128778; || U+F70A || &amp;#128778; || crucible; JW uses the same symbol as for vinegar. || 
|-
| Cuprum || [[File:Cuprum287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Cuprum291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9792; || U+2640 || &amp;9792; || copper || 
|-
| Distillare || [[File:Dist287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Dist291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128864; || U+1F760 || &amp;#128864; || distill || JW uses two different symbols for this. This image on the left is from V.a.287, and the image on the right is from V.a.291
|-
| Dies || [[File:Dies287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Dies291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9740; || U+260C || &amp;#9740; || day || 
|-
| Drachma || [[File:Dram291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#658; || U+0292 || &amp;#658; || drachm/dram || 291; also button in Dromio transcription box
|-
| fferrum || [[File:Ferrum287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Ferrum291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9794; || U+2642 || &amp;#9794; || iron || JW uses this symbol in 287. in 291, he uses [image tk]
|-
| Gemini || [[File:Gem291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9802; || U+264A || &amp;#9802; || Gemini (astrological) || 291 only
|-
| Hora || [[File:Hora287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Hora291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128878; || U+1F76E || &amp;#128878; || hour || JW's symbol in 287: [image tk] is slightly different; in 291 it more resembles a figure 8
|-
| Ignis || [[File:Ignis287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Ignis291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128770; || U+1F702 || &amp;#128770; || fire || 
|-
| Iupiter || [[File:Jup291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9795; || U+2643 || &amp;#9795; || Jupiter (planet) || 291 only; also closely resembles the Rx (℞) JW uses for prescription compounding 
|-
| Leo || [[File:Leo291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9804; || U+264C || &amp;#9804; || Lion (astrological) || 291 only
|-
| Libra || [[File:Libra291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9806; || U+264E || &amp;#9806; || Scales (astrological) || 291 only
|-
| libra || [[File:lb291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#8468; || U+2114 || &amp;#8468; || pound(s) || 291 only
|-
| Luna || [[File:Luna291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9789; || U+263D || &amp;#9789; || moon; technically first quarter moon; also used for silver || 291 only
|-
| Mars || [[File:Mars291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9794; || U+2642 || &amp;#9794; || Mars || 291 only; JW writes this with the arrow portion vertical
|-
| Mercurius præcipitatus || [[File:MercP287.PNG|50px]] [[File:MercP291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9791;&#128863; || U+263F + U+1F75F || &amp;#9791; + &amp;#128863; || mercury precipitate || Not in Unicode as a unified symbol. Combined symbols for mercury (U+263F/&amp;#9791;) and precipitate (U+1F75F/&amp;#128863;)
|-
| Mercurius sublimatus || [[File:MercS287.PNG|50px]] [[File:MercS291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128784; || U+1F710 || &amp;#128784; || mercury sublimate || 
|-
| Mensis || [[File:Mensis287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Mensis291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128881; || U+1F771 || &amp;#128881; || month || 
|-
| Nitrum || [[File:Nitrum287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Nitrum291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128789; || U+1F715 || &amp;#128789; || niter || 
|-
| Oleum || [[File:Oil287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Oil291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128838; || U+1F746 || &amp;#128838; || oil || 
|-
| Oppositio || [[File:Opp287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Opp291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9741; || U+260D || &amp;#9741; || opposition || 
|-
| Pisces || [[File:Pisces291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9811; || U+2653 || &amp;#9811; || Fishes (astrological) || 291 only
|-
| Plumbum || [[File:Plumb287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Plumb291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9796; || U+2644 || &amp;#9796; || lead; also planet Saturn || 
|-
| Præcipitare || [[File:Precip287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Precip291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128863; || U+1F75F || &amp;#128863; || precipitate || 
|-
| Pulvis || [[File:Pulvis287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Pulvis291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128843; || U+1F74B || &amp;#128843; || powder || in 287, JW connects the two crossbars at the ends so that there is a rectangle over the upright
|-
| Quadratus || [[File:Quad287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Quad291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9633; || U+25A1 || &amp;#9633; || square; also symbol for salt || 
|-
| Quintessentia or Quinta Essentia || [[File:QE287.PNG|50px]] [[File:QE291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128768; || U+1F700 || &amp;#128768; || quintessence || JW writes this with colons, i.e., Q: E:
|-
| Retorta || [[File:Retort287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Retort291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128877; || U+1F76D || &amp;#128877; || retort || 
|-
| Sal ammoniac(um) || [[File:SalA287.PNG|50px]] [[File:SalA291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128825; || U+1F739 || &amp;#128825; || sal ammoniac (ammonium chloride) ||
|-
| Sal commune || [[File:SalC287.PNG|50px]] [[File:SalC291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128788; || U+1F714 || &amp;#128788; || common salt || 
|-
| Sal gemmæ || [[File:SalG287.PNG|50px]] [[File:SalG291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128792; || U+1F718 || &amp;#128792; || rock salt; literally, "salt gems" || 
|-
| Sal nitrum || [[File:SalN287.PNG|50px]] [[File:SalN291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128789; || U+1F715 || &amp;#128789; || potassium nitrate, saltpeter || JW uses same symbol for niter; in 287 he omits the bottom of the circle
|-
| Saturnus || [[File:Sat287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Sat291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9796; || U+2644 || &amp;#9796; || Saturn; same symbol for lead || 
|-
| Scorpius || [[File:Scorp291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9807; || U+264F || &amp;#9807; || Scorpion (astrological) || 291 only
|-
| Sol || [[File:Sol287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Sol291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9737; || U+2609 || &amp;#9737; || Sun; also one of the symbols for gold || 
|-
| Spiritus || [[File:Spiritus287.PNG|100px]] [[File:Spiritus291.PNG|100px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128839; || U+1F747 || &amp;#128839; || spirit || In 291, JW omits the "SP," making this the same symbol as the one he uses for sublimate
|-
| Spiritus vini || [[File:SpiritusV287.PNG|50px]] [[File:SpiritusV291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128776; || U+1F708 || &amp;#128776; || spirit of wine, aqua vitae, alcohol || In 291, JW replaces the "S" with a dot
|-
| Stannum || [[File:Stannum287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Stannum291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9795; || U+2643 || &amp;#9795; || tin; also used for planet Jupiter || 
|-
| Stratum super stratum || [[File:SSS287.PNG|50px]] [[File:SSS291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128860; || U+1F75C || &amp;#128860; || layer upon layer || 
|-
| Sublimatum or sublimare || [[File:Subl287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Subl291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128862; || U+1F75E || &amp;#128862; || sublimation || In 291 JW omits the lower horizontal line
|-
| Sulphur || [[File:Sulphur287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Sulphur291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128781; || U+1F70D || &amp;#128781; || sulfur, brimstone || 
|-
| Talcum || [[File:Talcum287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Talcum291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | X || none || none || talc || 
|-
| Tartar(um) || [[File:Tartar287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Tartar291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128831; || U+1F73F || &amp;#128831; || tartar; may be preceded by "crem.," = cremor tartaris, cream of tartar || 
|-
| Taurus || [[File:Taurus291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9801; || U+2649 || &amp;#9801; || Bull (astrological) || 291 only
|-
| Terra || [[File:Terra287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Terra291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128771; || U+1F703 || &amp;#128771; || earth || In 287, JW does not extend the horizontal line beyond the triangle
|-
| Trigonus || [[File:Trig291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9561; || U+25B3 || &amp;#9561; || triangle, triangular || 
|-
| Venus || [[File:Venus287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Venus291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9792; || U+2640 || &amp;#9792; || Venus (planet); also used for copper || 
|-
| Vinum || [[File:Vinum287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Vinum291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | V || none || none || wine || 
|-
| Virgo || [[File:Virgo287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Virgo291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#9805; || U+264D || &amp;#9805; || Virgo (astrological) || 
|-
| Viridi æris || [[File:Vir287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Vir291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128808; || U+1F728 || &amp;#128808; || verdigris, copper acetate || In the Unicode character, the limbs of the cross do not touch the circle
|-
| Vitriolum || [[File:Vitr287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Vitr291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128790; || U+1F716 || &amp;#128790; || vitriol || In both 287 and 291 JW has the horizontal line extending beyond the circle
|-
| Vrina || [[File:Urine287.PNG|50px]] [[File:Urine291.PNG|50px]] || style="font-size: 1.875em;" | &#128853; || U+1F755 || &amp;#128853; || urine || 
|}
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