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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 Mumiæ

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A Chymical Dictionary

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Liquor Mumiæ

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At a Glance

The word. A Mumia compound explicitly identified as human fat.

In the book. Mumia concerns flesh prepared with balm, while Axungia de Mumia points to bone marrow.

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

Historical Definition

Liquor Mumiæ is human fat.

Meaning

The source is explicit about both the material and its human origin. The heading does not itself describe a distillation, a solvent or an elaborate process. Its definition should therefore not be expanded from the name alone into a particular recipe.

Use in the Book

Mumia concerns flesh prepared with balm, while Axungia de Mumia points to bone marrow. The compound names identify distinct bodily materials within the larger vocabulary; they are not all equivalents for the same prepared substance.

Places to Read

Mumia. Balmed flesh, expressly extending beyond human flesh.

Axungia de Mumia. Two expressions identifying bone marrow.

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 Mumiæ

See also. Mumia; Axungia de Mumia

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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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