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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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Mumia transmarina

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Mumia transmarina

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At a Glance

The word. A Paracelsian Mumia compound equated with Manna.

In the book. Manna itself includes an aerial dew and sweet matter extracted from things.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 34; facsimile PDF page 362.

Historical Definition

Mumia transmarina in Paracelsus is Manna.

Meaning

The dictionary’s equivalent should govern the reading before an ordinary interpretation of transmarina as something from overseas is allowed to supply a material. The entry says Manna and attributes this usage to Paracelsus.

Use in the Book

Manna itself includes an aerial dew and sweet matter extracted from things. Melissa selects an herbal form of that extracted material. The short Mumia compound does not choose among all those further qualifications on its own.

Places to Read

Manna. An aerial dew and, more broadly, sweet extracted matter.

Melissa. An alchemical use of Melissa for an herbal extraction.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 34; facsimile PDF page 362 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 362, Mumia transmarina

See also. Manna; Melissa

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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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