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Orizeum foliatum
Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. Gold distinguished by its leaf form.
In the book. Orizeum supplies the unqualified metal, while Orizeum præcipitatum describes a preparation involving the crocus of mercury.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 37; facsimile PDF page 365.
Historical Definition
Orizeum foliatum is gold leaf.
Meaning
The qualifier identifies a physical form. Gold leaf is the modernised order of the historical Leaf-gold; the material name remains gold.
Use in the Book
Orizeum supplies the unqualified metal, while Orizeum præcipitatum describes a preparation involving the crocus of mercury. The three entries show how a qualifier can identify form in one case and an operation in another.
Aurum planatum gives a direct parallel, identifying leaf gold or hammered gold. The connection lets readers move between two historical names for the leaf form without turning the other Orizeum preparations into leaves.
Places to Read
Orizeum. A direct gold synonym.
Orizeum præcipitatum. A gold preparation described through the obscure printed form cros.
Aurum planatum. Gold identified by being beaten into a thin form.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 37; facsimile PDF page 365 — Facsimile
See also. Orizeum; Orizeum præcipitatum; Aurum planatum