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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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Terra Hispanica

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Terra Hispanica

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A historical earth name for vitriol.

In the book. Compare Zoraba, another vitriol name, and the qualified entries Vitriolatum and Vitriolum Novum.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373.

Historical Definition

Terra Hispanica is vitriol.

Meaning

The definition gives a material identification without specifying a geographical origin. The place-like qualifier in the headword should not by itself be turned into evidence for where a particular sample was obtained.

Use in the Book

Compare Zoraba, another vitriol name, and the qualified entries Vitriolatum and Vitriolum Novum. The dictionary preserves names, conditions and varieties at different levels of detail.

Places to Read

Vitriolatum. A vitriol characterized by a persistently liquid condition.

Vitriolum Novum. A vitriol identified by its white appearance.

Zoraba. A direct vitriol synonym.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Terra Hispanica; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 373; compare Vitriolatum, Vitriolum Novum, Zoraba

See also. Vitriolatum; Vitriolum Novum; Zoraba

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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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