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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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Liquor Aquilegius

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Liquor Aquilegius

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A name for wine after distillation.

In the book. Aqua Celestis identifies rectified wine through a comparison with heavenly subtlety and purity.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 30; facsimile PDF page 358.

Historical Definition

Liquor Aquilegius is distilled wine.

Meaning

The operation distinguishes the named liquid from wine without qualification. The definition does not add a number of distillations, a strength, or the use of the plant suggested by a reader’s possible association with the name. Its stated referent is distilled wine.

Use in the Book

Aqua Celestis identifies rectified wine through a comparison with heavenly subtlety and purity. Read the two entries together to distinguish the plain preparation named here from the further descriptive claims made there.

Places to Read

Aqua Celestis. Rectified wine described through a heavenly comparison.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 30; facsimile PDF page 358 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 358, Liquor Aquilegius

See also. Aqua Celestis

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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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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.