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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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Saxifragus

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Saxifragus

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A mineral identification distinct from Saxifraga.

In the book. The paired entries are a useful warning about similar forms: a shared-looking beginning does not authorize transferring one entry’s therapeutic function to the other’s crystal.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 42; facsimile PDF page 370.

Historical Definition

Saxifragus is pale crystal.

Meaning

The definition gives a material and a color quality. It does not assign the stone-breaking effect associated with the neighboring Saxifraga.

Use in the Book

The paired entries are a useful warning about similar forms: a shared-looking beginning does not authorize transferring one entry’s therapeutic function to the other’s crystal.

Places to Read

Saxifraga. A therapeutic class defined by the breaking of stone or gravel.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 42; facsimile PDF page 370 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Saxifragus; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 370; compare Saxifraga

See also. Saxifraga

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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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