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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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Thaphneus

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At a Glance

The word. A medicine characterized by cleanliness and purification.

In the book. Purity is also central to Quintessentia and Saphirea materia.

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

Historical Definition

Thaphneus is a clean, purified medicine.

Meaning

The definition describes a condition achieved or possessed by a medicine. It does not identify one particular ingredient or a therapeutic use.

Use in the Book

Purity is also central to Quintessentia and Saphirea materia. Those entries specify other subjects or relations of separation; the recurrence of the value does not establish that their products are the same medicine.

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Quintessentia. A purified spiritual matter obtained from living things.

Saphirea materia. A liquid defined through purity achieved by separation.

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

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Thaphneus; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 373; compare Quintessentia, Saphirea materia

See also. Quintessentia; Saphirea materia

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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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The historical 1650 English text is in the public domain. New introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and published with the site owner’s authorization.