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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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Chrysos

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A direct name equivalence for gold.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 16; facsimile PDF page 344.

Historical Definition

Chrysos is gold.

Meaning

This short identification is a useful anchor among the more qualified gold expressions. It does not itself specify leaf gold, a liquor, a calx or another preparation. A passage may add those distinctions, and they should remain visible when translating the material name.

Aurum planatum, Aurum potabile and Calx Solis show different forms or conditions in the same broad gold family. The dictionary’s separate entries help the reader distinguish the metal named generally from a product identified by treatment or intended use.

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Aurum planatum. Gold identified by being beaten into a thin form.

Aurum potabile. A purported gold liquor accompanied by a sharp criticism of its preparation.

Calx Solis. Gold distinguished by calcination.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 16; facsimile PDF page 344 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Chrysos ; compare Aurum planatum, Aurum potabile, Calx Solis

See also. Aurum planatum; Aurum potabile; Calx Solis

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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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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.