DiotimosReading Desk

Diotimos Library · Esotericism & Spirituality Collection · English Edition

Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

Explore the Lexicon
A Chymical DictionaryFolia daure

Swipe or use the arrow keys.

English Edition · Branch 117 of 740

Folia daure

Book Mode

A Chymical Dictionary

p. 117

Folia daure

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Gold described in leaf form.

In the book. Aurum planatum is leaf gold or malleated gold, and Orizeum foliatum is also glossed as leaf gold.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 23; facsimile PDF page 351.

Historical Definition

Folia daure are leaves of gold.

Meaning

The definition identifies a form of gold without stating a preparation or further property. “Leaves” should remain visible because it distinguishes the description from a bare metal synonym.

Use in the Book

Aurum planatum is leaf gold or malleated gold, and Orizeum foliatum is also glossed as leaf gold. These parallels make the naming relationship useful for searching across authors. They do not supply a particular thickness or manufacture under Folia daure itself.

Places to Read

Aurum planatum. Gold identified by being beaten into a thin form.

Orizeum foliatum. Gold distinguished by its leaf form.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 23; facsimile PDF page 351 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Folia daure

See also. Aurum planatum; Orizeum foliatum

117

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.

Rights

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.