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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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Tenacitas glutinis

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Tenacitas glutinis

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A mineral resin identified through a glue-like name.

In the book. Resina terræ is separately equated with sulphur.

In this edition. A textual note records the reading of the 1650 printing and the editorial treatment.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 44; facsimile PDF page 372.

Historical Definition

Tenacitas glutinis is mineral resin.

Meaning

The supplied gloss identifies the material as a resin within the mineral vocabulary. The headword suggests tenacity and glue, but the explanation should begin from the compiler’s actual equivalent.

Use in the Book

Resina terræ is separately equated with sulphur. The shared resin language creates a useful comparison, without an explicit statement that every mineral resin is the same preparation.

Places to Read

Resina terræ. An earth resin name for sulphur.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 44; facsimile PDF page 372 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Tenacitas glutinis; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 372; compare Resina terræ

See also. Resina terræ

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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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