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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Corbatum

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A dictionary name for copper.

In the book. Zaidir includes copper as one of two stated meanings, allowing copper or verdigris.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 18; facsimile PDF page 346.

Historical Definition

Corbatum is copper.

Meaning

The identification is direct. The entry adds no qualifying treatment, colour, source or medical purpose to copper. Its usefulness lies in recognising a less familiar name when reading an author whose vocabulary differs from ordinary metal names.

Use in the Book

Zaidir includes copper as one of two stated meanings, allowing copper or verdigris. The contrast shows why Corbatum’s unqualified identification should remain distinct from another headword’s broader range. No particular copper preparation is specified under Corbatum.

Places to Read

Zaidir. A name with copper and verdigris alternatives.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 18; facsimile PDF page 346 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Corbatum

See also. Zaidir

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About This Reading Edition

The complete 706 historical definitions of the 1650 English dictionary, modernised and accompanied by expanded Diotimos commentary, reading routes, 15 textual notes and complete linked indexes.

Historical Text

A Chymicall Dictionary, London 1650, English version associated with John French, based on Gerhard Dorn’s Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi. The containing volume also prints Sendivogius and Paracelsus; neither neighboring work changes this dictionary’s attribution.

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Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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