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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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Carbones cœli

Elements principles and the natural world · A Chymical Dictionary

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The word. Stars described through the image of heavenly coals.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 14; facsimile PDF page 342.

Historical Definition

Carbones cœli are the stars.

Meaning

The dictionary gives a direct celestial identification. The coal image helps make the wording intelligible, but the entry does not establish a material composition of stars. Its principal role is to connect a figurative expression with the heavenly bodies intended.

Astrum supplies a different technical use of star vocabulary concerning powers gained through preparation. The contrast is useful: figurative language about stars and technical language using a star-name may operate in different domains. The surrounding passage must decide which is relevant.

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Astrum. A “star” understood as a material’s enhanced power through preparation.

Cœli planetarum. The planets’ own orbs and spheres.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 14; facsimile PDF page 342 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Carbones cœli ; compare Astrum, Cœli planetarum

See also. Astrum; Cœli planetarum

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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.