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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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At a Glance

The word. A Mumia compound identified as a liquor.

In the book. Liquor Mumiæ is separately equated with human fat, while Liquor Mumiæ de gummi is oil of gum.

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

Historical Definition

Mumia versa is the liquor of mummy.

Meaning

This short gloss directs the reader from the compounded name to a liquid expression associated with mummy. It gives no means of preparation and does not state that the word versa alone identifies a particular ingredient.

Use in the Book

Liquor Mumiæ is separately equated with human fat, while Liquor Mumiæ de gummi is oil of gum. These definitions should be consulted with the full compounds in view; the shared Mumia vocabulary does not erase their different equivalents.

Places to Read

Liquor Mumiæ. A Mumia compound explicitly identified as human fat.

Liquor Mumiæ de gummi. A Mumia compound whose stated material is gum oil.

Mumia. Balmed flesh, expressly extending beyond human flesh.

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 versa

See also. Liquor Mumiæ; Liquor Mumiæ de gummi; Mumia

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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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