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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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Luna compacta

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Luna compacta

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A lunar compound assigned to quicksilver.

In the book. Mater metallorum, Metallum currens, Missadam and Myssadar likewise point to quicksilver or mercury.

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

Historical Definition

Luna compacta is quicksilver.

Meaning

The complete expression has an equivalent different from Luna alone. Compacta is therefore a meaningful qualification, not a decorative addition which can be ignored after identifying a planetary name.

Use in the Book

Mater metallorum, Metallum currens, Missadam and Myssadar likewise point to quicksilver or mercury. The dictionary offers several naming routes to the material, while preserving a separate plain Luna entry for silver.

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Luna. The lunar name denotes silver.

Mater metallorum. Quicksilver named as the mother of metals.

Metallum currens. Quicksilver under the name running metal.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 30; facsimile PDF page 358 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 358, Luna compacta

See also. Luna; Mater metallorum; Metallum currens; Missadam; Myssadar

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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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