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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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A Chymical Dictionary

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Melibæum

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. An alternative name for copper.

In the book. Lato, in contrast, identifies copper after it has received a golden colour through lapis calaminaris.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 32; facsimile PDF page 360.

Historical Definition

Melibæum is copper.

Meaning

The entry gives an unqualified metallic equivalent. It does not specify a colour-changing preparation or a refined state of the copper.

Use in the Book

Lato, in contrast, identifies copper after it has received a golden colour through lapis calaminaris. The pair distinguishes a plain material-name from a name which carries an account of treatment.

Places to Read

Lato. Copper identified after treatment that gives it a gold-like colour.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 32; facsimile PDF page 360 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 360, Melibæum

See also. Lato

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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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