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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

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Pauladadum

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Pauladadum

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At a Glance

The word. A geographically qualified variety of terra sigillata.

In the book. The phrase a kind of should remain visible: it classifies Pauladadum without making every terra sigillata identical with it.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 37; facsimile PDF page 365.

Historical Definition

Pauladadum is a kind of terra sigillata found growing in Italy.

Meaning

The gloss places the name within a wider material category and adds Italy as its location. Grows is the source’s manner of describing its natural occurrence.

Use in the Book

The phrase a kind of should remain visible: it classifies Pauladadum without making every terra sigillata identical with it. The entry gives no locality within Italy or further description.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 37; facsimile PDF page 365 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Pauladadum; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 365

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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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