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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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Duenech

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A dictionary name for antimony.

In the book. Stibium is also identified as antimony.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 20; facsimile PDF page 348.

Historical Definition

Duenech is antimony.

Meaning

The gloss is a direct identification. It adds no particular treatment or medical purpose to antimony, so the unfamiliar headword should not by itself be taken as a prepared product.

Use in the Book

Stibium is also identified as antimony. Alcofol adds a longer explanation through alternative spellings and stibium. These entries provide a network of names, while a passage’s further qualifiers must establish whether an author means a material generally or a particular preparation made from it.

Places to Read

Alcofol. A variant-name entry identifying stibium or antimony.

Stibium. A historical name equated with antimony.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 20; facsimile PDF page 348 — Facsimile

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

See also. Alcofol; Stibium

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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.

About This Edition

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

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The historical 1650 English text is in the public domain. New introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and published with the site owner’s authorization.