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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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Fuligo Metallorum

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Fuligo Metallorum

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A metallic term with arsenic and Mercury as alternative meanings.

In the book. Arsaneck is sublimed arsenic, while Guma is directly identified as Quicksilver.

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

Historical Definition

Fuligo Metallorum is sometimes called arsenic, and sometimes means Mercury.

Meaning

The entry records two uses rather than one fixed identification. The repeated “sometimes” leaves their circumstances open. A surrounding author’s material and operation must determine which meaning is plausible.

Use in the Book

Arsaneck is sublimed arsenic, while Guma is directly identified as Quicksilver. These comparisons distinguish a prepared condition from a simple material name. Neither settles which of Fuligo Metallorum’s two alternatives a particular author intends; that decision needs evidence from the passage being read.

Places to Read

Arsaneck. An arsenic preparation distinguished by sublimation.

Guma. A dictionary name for Quicksilver.

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

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Fuligo Metallorum

See also. Arsaneck; Guma

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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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