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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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Character veneris

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Character veneris

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At a Glance

The word. Love described as a protective character or sign.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 15; facsimile PDF page 343.

Historical Definition

Character veneris is love, serving as a shield against danger.

Meaning

The definition identifies love and explains its protective function through a shield comparison. It does not identify a metal simply because Venus vocabulary appears in the phrase. Calx Veneris, by contrast, is expressly glossed as verdigris. The complete expression and its supplied definition must govern the reading.

The protective claim belongs to the historical account. The entry gives no particular inscription, object or rite, so a material talisman should not be reconstructed from the word “character” alone. Its secure content is the connection among love, protection and the shield image.

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Calx Veneris. A Venus-qualified calx identified as verdigris.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 15; facsimile PDF page 343 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Character veneris ; compare Calx Veneris

See also. Calx Veneris

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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.