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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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Zelotum

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Zelotum

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Mercury qualified by a stony condition.

In the book. Compare Zaidar, equated with mercury without a qualifier.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 48; facsimile PDF page 376.

Historical Definition

Zelotum is stony mercury.

Meaning

Stony is the distinguishing word in the gloss. The definition does not identify an ore, give a preparation or explain whether the likeness concerns hardness, appearance or another property.

Use in the Book

Compare Zaidar, equated with mercury without a qualifier. The connection provides lexical orientation while retaining the limit of the present description.

Places to Read

Zaidar. A direct mercury synonym.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 48; facsimile PDF page 376 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Zelotum; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 376; compare Zaidar

See also. Zaidar

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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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