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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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Resina auri

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Resina auri

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A gold preparation described as a crocus.

In the book. Resina terræ, immediately associated with sulphur, shows why the word resin cannot always be restricted to a vegetable substance.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 40; facsimile PDF page 368.

Historical Definition

Resina auri is a crocus extracted from gold.

Meaning

The name connects a resin vocabulary with gold, but the actual identifying noun is crocus. The definition gives extraction from gold as the relation between the material and its source. It supplies no recipe or further description of the product.

Use in the Book

Resina terræ, immediately associated with sulphur, shows why the word resin cannot always be restricted to a vegetable substance. The complete expression determines the material being described.

Places to Read

Resina terræ. An earth resin name for sulphur.

Resina terræ potabilis. A liquid preparation of sublimed sulphur.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 40; facsimile PDF page 368 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Resina auri; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 368; compare Resina terræ, Resina terræ potabilis

See also. Resina terræ; Resina terræ potabilis

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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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