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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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A Chymical Dictionary

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Kibrith

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A second short name for sulphur.

In the book. For passages speaking of the sulphur within all things, compare Oleitas rerum.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 28; facsimile PDF page 356.

Historical Definition

Kibrith is sulphur.

Meaning

Kibrith and Kaprili receive the same equivalent. The dictionary does not assign a different treatment, colour or degree of purity to either. Their separate headings preserve alternate naming, not necessarily separate materials.

Use in the Book

For passages speaking of the sulphur within all things, compare Oleitas rerum. That general expression has a different scope from an isolated name for sulphur, and context must determine which scope is intended.

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Kaprili. An alternative name for sulphur.

Oleitas rerum. Oiliness of things interpreted through their sulphur.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 28; facsimile PDF page 356 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 356, Kibrith

See also. Kaprili; Oleitas rerum

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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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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.