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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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Terra auri

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Terra auri

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A gold-associated litharge under an earth name.

In the book. Compare Terra argenti, qualified by silver, and Terra fidelis, equated directly with silver.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373.

Historical Definition

Terra auri is litharge of gold.

Meaning

The compound term is identified through litharge and its gold qualifier. The entry does not give an independent description of its formation or appearance.

Use in the Book

Compare Terra argenti, qualified by silver, and Terra fidelis, equated directly with silver. The repeated word terra links their forms without making their glosses identical.

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Terra argenti. A silver-associated litharge under an earth name.

Terra fidelis. An earth name directly equated with silver.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Terra auri; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 373; compare Terra argenti, Terra fidelis

See also. Terra argenti; Terra fidelis

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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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