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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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Viscaleus

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A Chymical Dictionary

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Viscaleus

Plants animals and natural materials · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A plant name equated with mistletoe.

In the book. The entry gives no preparation or medicinal action.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 46; facsimile PDF page 374.

Historical Definition

Viscaleus is mistletoe.

Meaning

The compiler supplies an English plant equivalent. The historical spelling Misleto is modernised to mistletoe while the headword remains available as a separate search term.

Use in the Book

The entry gives no preparation or medicinal action. Its contribution is identification within the dictionary’s vegetable vocabulary.

Places to Read

Vegetabilia. Growing things described through rootedness and branching.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 46; facsimile PDF page 374 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Viscaleus; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 374; compare Vegetabilia

See also. Vegetabilia

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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.

About This Edition

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.