Almizadir

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A historical name directing the reader to verdigris.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 3; facsimile PDF page 331.

Historical Definition

Almizadir is verdigris.

Meaning

This is a compact name equivalence. Its main service is recognition: a passage using Almizadir can be compared with other verdigris vocabulary in the dictionary. Calx Veneris and Ziniar supply useful routes into that family. The equivalence does not by itself describe how the material was made or establish that all historical preparations called verdigris were identical. Any such distinction belongs to the cited recipe or account.

Places to Read

Calx Veneris. A Venus-qualified calx identified as verdigris.

Ziniar. A historical verdigris synonym.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 3; facsimile PDF page 331 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Almizadir ; compare Calx Veneris, Ziniar

See also. Calx Veneris; Ziniar