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Cydar
Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A name glossed as Jupiter.
In the book. Calx Iovis names a spirit of tin, while Lato is described through copper and lapis calaminaris.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 18; facsimile PDF page 346.
Historical Definition
Cydar is Jupiter.
Meaning
The definition supplies Jupiter and nothing more. Elsewhere the dictionary explicitly identifies Iupiter as tin, so the reader has a route from this unfamiliar word to the book’s metal vocabulary. That route depends on the second entry, rather than on a further claim printed here.
Use in the Book
Calx Iovis names a spirit of tin, while Lato is described through copper and lapis calaminaris. These examples remind a reader to distinguish a planetary name for a metal from a preparation or combination involving it. Cydar itself does not describe a preparation.
Places to Read
Calx Iovis. A tin-related calx name glossed as a spirit.
Iupiter. The planetary name Jupiter denotes tin here.
Lato. Copper identified after treatment that gives it a gold-like colour.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 18; facsimile PDF page 346 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Cydar
See also. Calx Iovis; Iupiter; Lato